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Published 13 Jul 2023, 16:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Shuttle Bus service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Sept 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The university seeks to contract a private hire bus operator to provide a localised bus shuttle service to and from our Horsforth campus.

  • Recurrence: 6 months ahead of contract expiry

CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£600,000
Extensions: The contract will be extended year to year · ahead of the expiry of the current contractVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 55
  • Price: 45
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Valid bus operators licence

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
Yes · 6 months ahead of contract expiry
First published
13 Jul 2023, 16:50 BST
Last source update
26 Sept 2023, 14:54 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
TRA005LTU
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028379
Classification (CPV)
Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e1b0 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: ***26th September 2023: Due to the university's evolving travel strategy, the published specification is no longer sufficiently relevant or proportionate, and the procurement has been abandoned. A new contract opportunity will be advertised in due course.***

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
11 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Aug 2023, 10:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Aug 2023 → 26 Sept 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    15 Aug 2023, 10:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Sept 2023, 14:54 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 11 Sept 2023, 10:00 BST
    4 Aug 2023, 13:46 BST
    +27 days · was 15 Aug 2023, 10:00 BST
  2. Status changed to cancelled
    26 Sept 2023, 14:54 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.215 Aug 202311 Sept 2023+27 d
—TextII.1.4Closing Date : 15/08/2023 10:00Closing Date : 11/09/2023 10:00

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 6305220 Brownberrie Lane,Horsforth, LEEDS, Yorkshire & Humber, LS185HDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.