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Published 27 May 2025, 11:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Passenger Transport Services Home to School

Official notice

Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesBelow threshold
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Apr 2030 · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Framework to establish a list of operators for home to school transport for West Northamptonshire Council

CPV: Road transport services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 May 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs
Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2030 (4 yrs)

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Passenger Transport Services Home to School” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 May 2025, 11:19 BST
Last source update
12 Jun 2025, 14:55 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031990
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Road transport services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0526c5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

27 May 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    27 May 2025, 11:19 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 14:55 BST
  3. Tender notice expected358 days ago
    1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts178 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2025, 11:19 BST
    UK1
  2. Pipeline notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 14:55 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Northamptonshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGDV-8944-CMBP Angel Street, Northampton, East Midlands, NN1 1EDContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender