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Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University

BU082025- Bus & Coach Hire Services

TransportCPV 60000000
Value£458k
Deadline21 Aug 2026
Published17 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Jul 202628 days leftCloses 21 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Olivia Cahill
o.cahill@bangor.ac.uk
+441248382625

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£458ktotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Bangor University is seeking suitably qualified suppliers for the provision of bus, coach and executive coach hire services, all with a driver, to meet the University’s ongoing transport requirements.

These services will support a range of activities including, but not limited to, open days, field trips, and airport transfers.

Pickup and drop-off locations will be across Bangor University campuses in Bangor, Menai Bridge, and Wrexham as well as other locations across North Wales.

The primary objective of the Contract is to ensure the reliable delivery of passenger transport services through the provision of accessible vehicles and suitably qualified drivers, with all vehicles fully compliant and appropriate for access to all specified University sites.

The University intends to award a sole supplier for this contract.

Required Vehicle Capabilities: The operator must be able to supply, as a minimum, the following vehicle categories upon request: 3+ Super Coaches High capacity vehicles accommodating 70 or more seats coaches with driver for one occasion/trip.

5+ Standard Coaches Vehicles accommodating 40 or more seat coaches with driver for one occasion/trip.

4+ Executive Travel Coaches Higher specification vehicles accommodating 25 or more seat coaches with driver for one occasion/trip.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

These services will support a range

These services will support a range of activities including, but not.

02

Objective of the Contract is to ensure

objective of the Contract is to ensure the reliable delivery of passenger transport services.

03

The operator must be able to supply

The operator must be able to supply, as a minimum, the following vehicle categories upon.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidOperator licences / driver vetting (DBS for passenger transport)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
067920-2026
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