Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Ministry of Defence
BS16 1EJ
Bristol
For the attention of
Thorn Matthew
Email(s)
matthew.thorn2@babcockinternational.com
Country
United Kingdom
one.2) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
one.3) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object of the contract
two.1) Description
two.1.1) Title attributed to the contract
PIISC009
two.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 5: Land transport services
two.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Babcock Land Defence Limited, Acting in the capacity as Agent for the Authority under project Phoenix II sought to engage a suitable supplier to provide Bus Passenger Transport Services between UK and Germany, Switzerland and Austria and within Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
This contract shall replace the existing contract that is due to expire in September 2025 and commence from 1st October 2025.
The initial contract term shall be 2 years, with the option of extending for up to two one-year periods. As such the contract shall have a total possible duration of four years.
two.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
- 60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Additional CPV code(s)
- 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- 60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport
two.2) Total final value of contract(s)
two.2.1) Total final value of contract(s)
Value: £5,732,800
Excluding VAT
Section four: Procedure
Type of procedure
Restricted
four.2) Award criteria
four.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Pricing. Weighting 70
2. Quality. Weighting 20
3. Social Value. Weighting 10
four.3) Administrative information
four.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Notice on a buyer profile
Notice number: 2025/S 000-004797 of 12 February 2025
Section five: Award of contract
Contract No
PIISC009
five.1) Date of contract award decision
18 August 2025
five.2) Information about offers
Number of offers received
3
Number of offers received by electronic means
3
five.3) Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Skills Leisure Limited
White House, Clarendon St
Nottingham
NG1 5GF
Email(s)
Telephone
+44 7720092372
Country
United Kingdom
National registration number
02125100
five.4) Information on value of contract
Total final value of the contract
Value: £5,732,800
Excluding VAT
If annual or monthly value
Number of years: 4
five.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: Yes
Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Proportion: 16%
Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be sub-contracted:
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
Section six: Complementary information
six.2) Additional information
Contract duration is 2 year initial term plus 2 x 12 month extension options