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School and Passenger Travel Transport Management System

Buyer: Gateshead Borough Council →

BuyerGateshead Borough Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published7 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Gateshead Council (the Council) is seeking to procure an "out-of-the-box" passenger transport management system that is ready for immediate implementation upon contract award. This system will support the efficient delivery and contract management of home-to-school and social care transport services for residents across the borough. The system must be capable of managing the current operational scope, along with future increases: • Number of passengers: 774 passengers • Number of contracted drivers/chaperones: 350 • Number of destinations: 257 The Council requires a solution that is user-friendly, scalable, and capable of integrating with existing systems where necessary. The system should support route planning, real-time tracking, compliance monitoring, and reporting functionalities.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statuspending
SupplierLIFTANGO LTD
Value£266,310
Contract periodFrom 17 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2029

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056414
Latest release ID062962-2025
Latest release timestampTue Oct 07 2025 14:36:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
7 Oct 2025award, contract062962-2025
22 Jul 2025tender042133-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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