Official UK procurement notice
Lot 1 - Category C E Auctions Phase 4 W/C 07/07/2025
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category C. Wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAV). These contracts are call offs for the Transport DPS.
CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public road transport services · Road transport services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 95 suppliers appointed
- Electronic auction
The Council will conduct e-Auctions through the DPS. Full details about how the e-Auctions work and how to bid through an e-Auction will be provided prior to an e-Auction event as part of the e-Auction Call-off documents. E-Auctions will only be used for call-off contracts in Lot 1.
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · 2 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Cheshire East Council Home to School Passenger Transport Provision - Mainstream Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) and CollegeAwardedPublished value£300,000,000
This project was for all call offs running in July 2024 Phase 6 for Lot 1 - Category C. Including wheelchair accessible vehicles. These contracts are call offs for the Transport DPS.
Lot #2Cheshire East Council Supported Local Bus Service ProvisionPublished value£50,000,000
Lot 2 – Cheshire East Council Supported Local Bus Service Provision
This Lot is for any Passenger Transport Operators who wish to tender for Local Bus Service Contracts operating primarily within the Cheshire East area.
Lot #3This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category AAwardedLot estimate not published
This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category A. Vehicles with up to and including 8 passenger seats. These contracts are call offs for the Transport DPS.
Lot #4This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category BAwardedLot estimate not published
This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category B. Category B. Vehicles with more than 8 passenger seats. These contracts are call offs for the Transport DPS.
Lot #5AwardedLot estimate not published
Lot #6Local Bus Service 391 – Macclesfield to Stockport (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)CancelledLot estimate not published
Funding has been secured through the Cheshire East Bus Revenue programme, enabling BSIP funding to support additional Sunday and Bank Holiday services for the 391 – Macclesfield to Stockport.
Lot #7Local Bus Service 31 – Crewe to Northwich (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)CancelledLot estimate not published
Funding has been secured through the Cheshire East Bus Revenue programme, enabling BSIP funding to support additional Sunday and Bank Holiday services for the 31 - Crewe to Northwich
Lot #8Local Bus Service 37 - Sandbach to Winsford (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)CancelledLot estimate not published
Funding has been secured through the Cheshire East Bus Revenue programme, enabling BSIP funding to support additional Sunday and Bank Holiday services for the 37 – Sandbach to Winsford.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 70–100 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 100 points.
- “Lot 1 - Category C E Auctions Phase 4 W/C 07/07/2025” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 7 Jul 2023, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 18 May 2026, 07:30 BST
- Authority reference
DN778359- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-045177- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dfa3Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Cheshire East Borough Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations, 2015 (SI No 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: This procurement exercise will be conducted on Cheshire East Borough Council's electronic Contract and Tender Management System at the www.the-chest.org.uk Organisations wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional required information through the Contract and Tender Management System. If you have any technical problems with The Contract and Tender Management System please contact the help-desk on: Email: [email protected] telephone +441937 545945. In order to participate, providers must register, complete and upload completed documentation and submit this via the Chest at the link provided in this notice. The project reference on The Chest is DN593947. The values given in this notice are only estimations and take into account the extension option — the Council gives no guarantee or warranty or makes any representation as to the accuracy of any indicative volumes.
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Aug 2023 → 18 May 2026 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published157 days ago18 May 2026, 07:30 BST
Notice history
4 events · 46 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2024- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2024, 09:29 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Apr 2025, 09:31 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Apr 2025, 10:34 BST
- Buyer details updated1 May 2026, 09:20 BST
Routine re-releases (46)
- 2026-05: 18 releases · 1 May 2026, 18 May 2026
- 2026-04: 1 release · 20 Apr 2026
- 2025-07: 5 releases · 15 Jul 2025, 15 Jul 2025
- 2025-04: 6 releases · 17 Apr 2025, 23 Apr 2025
- 2024-09: 4 releases · 26 Sept 2024, 26 Sept 2024
- 2024-06: 1 release · 20 Jun 2024
- 2024-05: 2 releases · 28 May 2024, 28 May 2024
- 2024-04: 5 releases · 2 Apr 2024, 2 Apr 2024
- 2023-07: 1 release · 7 Jul 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast572 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £33,951, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Local Bus Service 391 – Macclesfield to Stockport (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2026
- Value
- £97,990
- Status
- active
Local Bus Service 31 - Crewe and Northwich (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2026
- Value
- £139,905
- Status
- active
Local Bus Service 37 – Sandbach to Winsford (Sunday and Bank Holiday Service)
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2026
- Value
- £74,041
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N55021J-13
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £16,294
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N55047J-15
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N55048J-14
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £139,460
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N55062-12
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £17,695
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N55611-34
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £128,659
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N75011-31
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £79,646
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N75025-33
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N75515-37
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £11,330
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N85105-35
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £157,052
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N85147-36
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £131,320
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - N85702-32
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £140,193
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55004J-17
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £92,836
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55052J-30
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £13,367
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55060B - Y-19
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £165,925
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55061B-18
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £164,151
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55437-3
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £17,567
- Status
- active
Contract 040362-2026-Lot 1 Home To School Call Off - S55989J-22
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £24,696
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Cheshire East Council Home to School Passenger Transport Provision - Mainstream Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) and College | 44bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category A | 157bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category B | 27bids | — | — | — |
| 5 · This project was for all call offs running in July 2025 Phase 4 for Lot 1 - Category C | 105bids | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeSuppliers admitted to the dynamic market
196 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 196 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- 24x7 (Cheshire) LtdAdmitted to the market
- 24x7 (Cheshire) LtdAdmitted to the market
- 24x7 (Cheshire) LtdAdmitted to the market
- 24x7 (Cheshire) LtdAdmitted to the market
- 24x7 CheshireAdmitted to the market
- A StarsAdmitted to the market
- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
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- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
- A Stars Travel LimitedAdmitted to the market
- A&P TaxisAdmitted to the market
- A.B & T Private HireAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A1 Embassy Taxis Stoke LtdAdmitted to the market
- A2B DirectAdmitted to the market
- A2B DirectAdmitted to the market
- ABC Coaches 2002 LtdAdmitted to the market
- Aaron's TaxiAdmitted to the market
- Aaron's TaxiAdmitted to the market
- Allan Ball TaxisAdmitted to the market
- Allan Ball TaxisAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Alpha Grove Private Hire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Amber CarsAdmitted to the market
- Antey LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Arrivals Star LtdAdmitted to the market
- BRW Travel Private HireAdmitted to the market
- Beardmore Travel Services LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Beardmore Travel Services LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Bell VueAdmitted to the market
- Belle Vue (Manchester) LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Boomerang Executive TravelAdmitted to the market
- Brian RenshawAdmitted to the market
- C & M TaxisAdmitted to the market
- C & M TaxisAdmitted to the market
- Cabability LtdAdmitted to the market
- Cabability LtdAdmitted to the market
- Cars "R" Uss LtdAdmitted to the market
- Cars "R" Uss LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria