Official UK procurement notice
P-3266 Provision of Vehicle Inspection Services
Authority: Translink (Central government)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Concession value (operator's revenue)£250,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Submissions closed 23 Oct 2025
Contract term 2 yrs 1 moends 1 Jan 2028 · up to 1 Jan 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTranslink has a requirement for the Provision of Vehicle Inspection Services.
- Carry out independent vehicle condition inspections on a sample of the bus fleet (circa of 100 vehicles) and provide an assessment of the efficacy of the in-house audit function on the basis of same. The sample will include single deck, double deck, and coach type vehicles.
- The vehicle condition inspectors shall be experienced vehicle examiners, with experience of carrying out condition inspection audits of buses and familiarity with the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) Northern Ireland standards or The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) standards
CPV: Technical automobile inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£250,000
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).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Technical (30%) Commercial (70%)
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Oct 2025, 09:38 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2025, 09:38 BST
- Authority reference
P-3226- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062715- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a932Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published385 days ago7 Oct 2025, 09:38 BST
- Clarification questions by375 days ago16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline368 days ago23 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 Oct 2025, 09:38 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