Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Home to Work Bus Transport Service
Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a Home to Work transport service to convey personnel and other users (approximately 265 people daily average) from designated pick-up points to the Dounreay Site and return journey. The service includes scheduled daily services, shift services operating year-round, and limited on-site transport services, delivered in accordance with defined timetables, safety requirements and vehicle standards.
- Not divided into lots: The service requires integrated delivery across routes and shift patterns to ensure resilience, consistency and value for money.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2032, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£5,555,000
- Economic & financial standing
For further information, please read the Guidance Notes within the Supplier Documents folder on the Atamis tendering system.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 50%
- Commercial: 30%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social Value
- Commercial
- Economic & financial standing
For further information, please read the Guidance Notes within the Supplier Documents folder on the Atamis tendering system.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2032
- First published
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2026, 07:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
C26039- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060906- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060fe2Find a Tender
- Risks
- Changes in fuel and energy costs - Variations in fuel and energy prices over the Contract term, the scale and timing of which cannot be predicted with certainty, and which may affect the cost of delivering the services.
- Increase in service demand - An increase in the number of users of the Home to Work Transport Service, including changes in workforce levels or travel behaviour, which may result in a requirement for additional capacity or adjustments to service provision.
- Reduction in Service demand - A reduction in the number of service users, the extent and timing of which cannot be forecast with precision, potentially affecting the efficiency of service delivery and the net cost of the service.
- Change to government fare support initiatives - The amendment, withdrawal, or replacement of government‑funded fare support schemes (including the current £2 fare initiative), which may impact fare income assumptions and passenger behaviour during the Contract term.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps:
- Log in to the supplier portal at: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C26039
- Register Interest
- Access documentation and submit response within 'My Proposals and Quotes'
Timeline
27 Jan 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published270 days ago27 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
- Market engagement255 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Online Supplier Engagement Presentation and Feedback session on 4th February at 1000 hrs.
- Next notice expected233 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published117 days ago29 Jun 2026, 16:28 BST
- Latest notice published57 days ago28 Aug 2026, 07:33 BST
- Clarification questions by54 days ago31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline46 days ago8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 17 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 127 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 16:28 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £5,555,00029 Jun 2026, 16:28 BSTwas £5,500,000
- Status changed to active29 Jun 2026, 16:28 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Jun 2026, 16:28 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST29 Jun 2026, 16:28 BST
- Tender notice published23 Jul 2026, 08:11 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST23 Jul 2026, 08:11 BST+19 days · was 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published28 Jul 2026, 16:59 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST28 Jul 2026, 16:59 BST+21 days · was 12 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published28 Aug 2026, 07:33 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST28 Aug 2026, 07:33 BST+6 days · was 2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (3)
The submission deadline and enquiry deadline has been extended to allow more time for Tenderers to fully review the additional information provided through the Tender Information Request process and prepare their Tender in line with the requirements.
The tender submission deadline and tender enquiry deadline have been extended to allow NRS sufficient time to prepare and issue responses to Tender Information Requests. This extension is necessary to ensure that all Tenderers have adequate opportunity to review and consider the additional information provided in those responses and to prepare their tenders.
The submission deadline and enquiry deadline has been extended to allow more time for Tenderers to fully review the additional information provided through the Tender Information Request process and prepare their Tender in line with the requirements.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 29 Jun 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 27 Jan 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender