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Interim Rural Public Transport Services

Public road transport services
East of England (UKH24)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bedford Borough Council: "Interim Rural Public Transport Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBedford Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Bedford Borough Council
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Published history for Bedford Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
14.2Bids / Report
40% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 10 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBedford Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published30 Jul 2024, 13:49 BST
Last source update30 Jul 2024, 13:49 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic road transport services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH24)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04791f
What is being bought
Bedford Borough Council is implementing an interim contract in respect of rural bus transport, from 1 August 2024 until 31 March 2025.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    30 Jul 2024, 13:49 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    2 Jul 2024, 14:06 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    2 Jul 2024, 14:06 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    2 Jul 2024, 14:06 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The contracted bus operator will deliver 4 existing bus routes (Bedford - Peppercorn Park, Bedford - Rushden, Bedford - Ravensden, and Bedford - Pertenhall) for a period of 8 months.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    30 Jul 2024, 13:49 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 30 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · £600,147
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cambus Ltd T/A
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£600,147 · signed 30 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bedford Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-63340
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  • Bedford Borough Council
    buyer

    Borough Hall,Cauldwell Street, BEDFORD, UKH24, MK429AP
    commercial.hub@bedford.gov.uk
    +44 1234718282

  • Cambus Ltd T/A
    supplier

    GB-COH: 01822941
    C/O Stagecoach Services Limited One Stockport Exchange, 20 Railway Road, Stockport, UK, SK1 3SW

  • High Court of Justice
    reviewBody

    London
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis contract has been awarded for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, under Regulation 32 (2)(c) of Public Contract Regulation 2015. It had been anticipated that the current contract would be extended for a short eight month period commencing 1st August 2024, to allow for a new contract to commence April 2025. It has not been possible to procure a new contract, which is dependent on a network redesign, to commence in August 2024 due to the authority's obligations under the terms of its Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) grant funding which cease in the new financial year 2025/26. However, the current operator has now deregistered the services, meaning in order to continue to deliver our rural transport service for residents they must be performed by a different operator after 31 July 2024. The authority believes that the timescales of this, in combination with the timescales of registration of a new operator with the Traffic Commissioners, preclude a tender exercise and having satisfied itself that only one commercial operator other than the incumbent is capable of fulfilling the service, have awarded a contract to Cambus Ltd t/a Stagecoach East.