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Tram Replacement Bus Services

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BuyerSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline5 Mar 2026
Value£143,300
Published24 Feb 2026

What is being bought

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) are currently seeking tenders from operators to provide Tram Replacement Bus Services across a number of days and weeks between end March 2026 and end June 2026.

Delivery location

UKE3, GB · UKE3, GB · UKE3, GB · UKE3, GB

Categories

Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver 60170000

Lot details

Lot 1 - 28/03/2026 - 12/04/2026 (16 days)

Tram Replacement Bus Service: Fitzalan Square - Herdings Park

Statusactive
Value£76,427
Contract periodFrom 28 Mar 2026 to 12 Apr 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Lot 2 - 02/05/2026 - 04/05/2026 (3 days)

Fitzalan Square - Meadowhall/Parkgate

Statusactive
Value£14,330
Contract periodFrom 2 May 2026 to 4 May 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Lot 3 - 23/05/2026 - 03/05/2026 ( 9 days)

Hollinsend - Halfway 23/05/2026 - 03/05/2026 ( 9 days)

Statusactive
Value£42,990
Contract periodFrom 23 May 2026 to 31 May 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Crystal Peaks - Halfway

Lot 4 - 27/06/2026 - 28/06/2026 (2 days) Crystal Peaks - Halfway

Statusactive
Value£9,553
Contract periodFrom 27 Jun 2026 to 28 Jun 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverNot published
2Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverNot published
3Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverNot published
Lot 4Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 60. The category anchor is Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (60170000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 6015,3158 median · 20.1 average (13,610 of 15,315 with a bid count)1.3 average (13,748 of 15,315 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKE32628.5 median · 39.5 average (6 of 26 with a bid count)5.9 average (8 of 26 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)831 median · 1.3 average (3 of 83 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 83 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

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 policyallowed
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.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065adb
Latest release ID016412-2026
Latest release timestampTue Feb 24 2026 11:53:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016412-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-05T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-27T17:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://procontract.due-north.com
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£143,300
Tender lots in source4
Tender items in source4
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Feb 2026tender016412-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Feb 2026 · 016412-2026 · tender
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