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ITT: 272000 Provision of Minibus and Coach Transport Services with Driver

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BuyerDE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Value£0
Published13 Jul 2026

What is being bought

There is a requirement for minibus and coach transport services with a driver to support a range of planned journeys for students and staff across the UK, including academic trips, sports fixtures and other university activities. Group sizes vary, and some journeys may require additional luggage capacity, trailers or accessibility support.

Delivery location

UKF21, GB

Categories

Road transport services 60100000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 19 Nov 2026 to 30 Nov 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Description — Price (60%) – Ensures value for money through competitive and transparent pricing. Quality (30%) – Assesses the supplier’s ability to deliver a reliable, safe, flexible and well-managed transport service, including service reliability, fleet suitability, booking management, contingency arrangements, communication and driver standards. Sustainability (5%) – Evaluates environmental performance and improvement, including carbon reduction practices, fuel efficiency, anti-idling, sustainability reporting, and use of low-emission vehicles where applicable. Social Value / Local Impact (5%) – Considers how suppliers deliver proportionate, contract-relevant wider benefits, including local employment, skills development, student opportunities, and community engagement.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Road transport servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 60. The category anchor is Road transport services (60100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 602,51714 median · 29.9 average (1,973 of 2,517 with a bid count)1.4 average (1,989 of 2,517 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKF211Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069606
Latest release ID065562-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jul 13 2026 11:15:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065562-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-24T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-31T23:59:59+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-05T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/ProjectManage/753
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£0
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
13 Jul 2026tender065562-2026
11 May 2026planning043151-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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