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Tram Replacement Bus Services

Buyer: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority →

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BuyerSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
StatusClosed
Deadline8 Jul 2026
Value£186,060
Published23 Jun 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 in August 2026.

Delivery location

UKE3, GB · UKE3, GB

Categories

Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver 60170000

Lot details

YT1 - Cathedral to Woodbourn Road

The Authority's requirements for this contract are set out below. This service runs on the following days: • Monday to Friday • Saturday • Sunday Vehicle Type Low Floor with 2000 PSV Accessibility Certificate with a minimum capacity of 80. Further specification details can be found in the tender documents.

Statusactive
Value£113,220
Contract periodFrom 8 Aug 2026 to 26 Aug 2026
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

BP1 - Cathedral to Granville Road via Sheffield Station

Cathedral to Granville Road via Sheffield Station The Authority's requirements for this contract are set out below. This service runs on the following days: • Monday to Friday • Saturday • Sunday Vehicle Type Low Floor with 2000 PSV Accessibility Certificate with a minimum capacity of 80. Further specification details can be found in the tender documents.

Statusactive
Value£72,840
Contract periodFrom 8 Aug 2026 to 26 Aug 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

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 602,41514 median · 30.3 average (1,898 of 2,415 with a bid count)1.4 average (1,913 of 2,415 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer10Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKE3990 median · 90 average (1 of 9 with a bid count)26 average (1 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)471.5 median · 1.8 average (4 of 47 with a bid count)1 average (4 of 47 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 regimeutilities
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-06bb0b
Latest release ID058940-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 23 2026 12:03:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058940-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-08T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-01T17:00:00+01:00
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£186,060
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Jun 2026tender058940-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
23 Jun 2026 · 058940-2026 · tender
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