Official UK procurement notice
Leasing of Minibuses · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Sparsholt College Hampshire (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRequirement for 8 minibuses ( 2 x 15-seater and 6 x 17-seater) on a 5-year lease. Quotes requested for maintained and non-maintained.
CPV: Minibuses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£264,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality as stated in ITT documents: 35%
- Price: 65%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality as stated in ITT documents
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 May 2026, 16:42 BST
- Last source update
- 12 May 2026, 16:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
CA17804- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043618- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0696feFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
12 May 2026 → 28 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published166 days ago12 May 2026, 16:42 BST
- Clarification questions by151 days ago27 May 2026, 18:00 BST
- Submission deadline139 days ago8 Jun 2026, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts59 days ago28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by58 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 May 2026, 16:42 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender