Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Supported Local Bus Services
Authority: Vale of Glamorgan Council (Central government)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Vale of Glamorgan Council requires the supply of supported local bus services in the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding areas, as detailed in the accompanying schedules.
The Council is tendering for the following supported local bus services:
- Service V1 (Llantwit Major – Bridgend)
- Service V2 (Llantwit Major - Bridgend)
- Service V3 (Cowbridge – Barry)
Each service listed above will be tendered on various options for the following operational days/periods. Interested parties are requested to submit prices for each requested on the ‘Price and Specification’ document; please note the tabs at the bottom of each Excel timetable document for various timetable (i.e. Monday to Saturday and Sunday / bank holidays) : -
- Monday to Saturday
- Good Friday
- Any day including bank holidays that may be requested by the Council later.
Unless requested by The Council, at a later date, excludes operation on:
- Sundays
- Bank Holiday Mondays
- 25, 26 December (Christmas Day & Boxing Day)
- 01 January (New Years Day)
- Any special bank holiday or bank holidays in lieu of Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Years Day that fall on a non – normal operational day
- No preliminary market engagement: The authority has sufficient market intelligence of suppliers that could provide the tendered service within the Vale.
CPV: Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value (£2,000,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Service V1 Llantwit Major to BridgendRenewalPublished value£666,667
Description: Service V1 Llantwit Major to Bridgend
Lot #2Service V2 Llantwit Major to BridgendRenewalPublished value£666,667
Description: Service V2 Llantwit Major to Bridgend
Lot #3Service V3 Cowbridge to BarryRenewalPublished value£666,667
Description: Service V3 Cowbridge to Barry
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)
- Quality: 20%
- Community Wellbeing Benefits: 10%
- Price: 70%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Quality Questions Submission
- Price: Price Submission
- Community Wellbeing Benefits: Community Wellbeing Benefits Submission
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2026, 11:08 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 11:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
ERFX1000025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076618- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e249Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Timeline
12 Aug 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published76 days ago12 Aug 2026, 11:08 BST
- Clarification questions by56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline46 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts27 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 Aug 2026, 11:08 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents are available on the Proactis e-tendering portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender