Official UK procurement notice
Provision of home to school public transport
Authority: St Helens College (Education)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£150,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Merseytravel
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of home to school public transport services to colleges run by St Helens College for academic year 2025/26, supplier is the only one with capability to provide public transport across all routes required.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Apr 2025, 11:19 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2025, 11:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013894- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ff73Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published9 Apr 2025, 11:19 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £150,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Mar 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merseytravel | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Merseytravel
- Signed
- 25 Mar 2025
- Value
- £150,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MerseytravelAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender