Contract

24022 Home to School Public passenger bus tickets

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034657

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05526c

Published 24 June 2025, 11:23am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cambridgeshire County Council

New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,

Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon

PE284YE

Contact

Paul Tamanis-Laing

Email

paul.tamanis-laing@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

24022 Home to School Public passenger bus tickets

Reference number

24022

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 60112000 - Public road transport services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

For Home to School transport services, the Authority purchases bus tickets from relevant Commercial bus operators -who run routes (commercially or via the transport authority) through catchment areas.

This offers better value to the residents, students, and the Authority, with the added benefit it can save guard local bus routes from ending.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £156,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34980000 - Transport tickets

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Supply of bus tickets from the Bus operator running the route(s).

this is for Mainstream home to school requirements the Authority has.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

the bus tickets can only be purchased by the relevant bus operator who runs that route. As bus routes can be set up under the Traffic Act as a commercial operation - only that bus operator can offer tickets for their routes.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

18130003872

Title

24022 Home to School Bus tickets (24-25)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 September 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Stagecoach services Ltd

Stockport

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
Companies House

02381778

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £156,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court - Royal Court of Justice

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom