Official UK procurement notice
Provision of bus service - Route 698
Authority: London Bus Services Limited
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£422,138published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Jan 2026
Awarded to Metroline West
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQX97405
CPV: Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of bus service route 698 for 3 yearsAwarded
Provision of bus service route 698 for 3 years. Please note, costs posted on Find a Tender Service sometimes differ from those on the internet, this is due to post award negotiation.
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
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2026, 10:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 10:14 GMT
- Authority reference
QX97405- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024996- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066e80Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £422,1381 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metroline West | £422,138 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024996-2026-1 · Metroline West
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £422,138
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of bus service route 698 for 3 years | 2bids | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £539,801 – £646,922 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Transport for LondonReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Metroline WestAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.