Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Rural Public Transport Services 2025-2030
Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBedford Borough Council wishes to commission the services of a bus transport provider to operate certain routes serving rural locations within the Borough of Bedford and Bedford town centre.
CPV: Public road transport services · Road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Bedford Borough Council has commissioned the services of Cambus Ltd to operate certain…AwardedRenewal
Bedford Borough Council has commissioned the services of Cambus Ltd to operate certain routes serving rural locations within the Borough of Bedford and Bedford town centre.
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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Dec 2024, 15:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2025, 11:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
BBC EN 03754- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005543- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ccb5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published18 Feb 2025, 11:23 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Feb 2025, 11:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambus Ltd T/AProvision of Rural Public Transport Services 2025-30 | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Rural Public Transport Services 2025-30 · Cambus Ltd T/A
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2025
- Value
- £3,875,103
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cambus LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.