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title: "VEAT Notice -  Bus Contingency Provision during the Commonwealth Games"
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# VEAT Notice -  Bus Contingency Provision during the Commonwealth Games

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veat-notice-bus-contingency-provision-during-the-commonwealth-games-ocds-h6vhtk-034951). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Midlands Combined Authority: "VEAT Notice -  Bus Contingency Provision during the Commonwealth Games". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Midlands Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority-ons-e47000007)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of buses and coaches with driver, Vehicle refuelling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,068,958 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034951`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veat-notice-bus-contingency-provision-during-the-commonwealth-games-ocds-h6vhtk-034951#tl-md)

## Description
There is a risk that industrial action on the UK rail network may coincide with the Commonwealth Games, which will be hosted in the West Midlands between 28 July and 9 August. On the busiest days, over 100,000 rail trips, as part of a journey to and from the Games, are predicted.
The transport plan for the Games’ venues indicates that approximately 40% of workforce and spectators would be expected to travel to the Games events by train.  A contingency plan is therefore required should the rail network be unavailable, or severely reduced, due to industrial action.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 63712600
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** There is a risk that industrial action on the UK rail network may coincide with the Commonwealth Games, which will be hosted in the West Midlands between 28 July and 9 August. On the busiest days, over 100,000 rail trips, as part of a journey to and ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Commonwealth Games Bus Contingency Provision (active)
  - Award id: `017068-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Adventure Travel, Berrys Coaches (Taunton) Ltd, Chalkwell Coach Hire (+16 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-56368`, `GB-FTS-170152`, `GB-FTS-170734`, `GB-FTS-56365`, `GB-FTS-116608`, `GB-FTS-24878`, `GB-FTS-56366`, `GB-FTS-94115`, `GB-FTS-56371`, `GB-FTS-56367`, `GB-FTS-104424`, `GB-FTS-56372`, `GB-FTS-56378`, `GB-FTS-56379`, `GB-FTS-56373`, `GB-FTS-56374`, `GB-FTS-56380`, `GB-FTS-129601`, `GB-FTS-56381`
  - Value: £4,068,958 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Commonwealth Games Bus Contingency Provision (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,068,958
  - Signed Date: 21/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017068-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-22T14:09:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:10:49.095Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034951