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Published 11 Feb 2025, 15:09 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Magna Learning Partnership - Home to School Transport

Official notice

Authority: MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£770,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The buyer (Magna Learning Partnership) wishes to award a contract for the provision of passenger transport for secondary and further education students from the ages of 11-16. The requirement is for a bus service for The Trafalgar School at Downton and involves 2 routes.

CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Published value£770,000
Delivery: South West · Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3HN
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Price: 60%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Feb 2025, 15:09 GMT
Last source update
11 Feb 2025, 15:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
25 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
002892
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004588
Classification (CPV)
Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ddcd Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
25 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Feb 2025 → 25 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Feb 2025, 15:09 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    24 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    25 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Magna Learning Partnership

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRegional or local authorityEducation Church Road, Laverstock,, Salisbury, South West, SP1 1RDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria