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# Provision of Bus Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-bus-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bedford College: "Provision of Bus Transport Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bedford College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bedford-college-urn-130597)
- **Published Value:** £1,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH2, UKH24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,459,875 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-bus-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [bedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbedfordcollegegroup.ac.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-bus-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1#participate

## Description
The service requirement is to bring students from specific collection points around Shuttleworth College in the morning, and to return them in the evening.
There are 8 x required routes, plus 2 additional shuttle routes from the college coach park to two local satellite sites.
One provider is required to serve all routes.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,300,000
- **Description:** The service requirement is to bring students from specific collection points around Shuttleworth College in the morning, and to return them in the evening.
There are 8 x required routes, plus 2 additional shuttle routes from the college coach park to...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 015164-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Cozy Travel Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:2994788`
  - Value: £1,459,875 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 015164-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,459,875
  - Signed Date: 14/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015164-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-15T09:45:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:02:27.048Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c1d1