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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

Bus Services - Routes 10, 10A and X10

TransportCPV 60000000
Value£2.4m
Deadline
Published16 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
CPCA Procurement
procurement@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
+44 1480277180

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Interested parties are invited to download and engage with the opportunity by; (a) Going to: https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities (b) Select Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority from the organization list (c) Searching for opportunity: Bus Services - Routes 10, 10A and X10; Ref: DN790903 (d) Express an interest (e) Access and download the Tender documents from the website and respond in accordance with the contained instructions.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£2.4mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.6m

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.

When this comes round again

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has published 3 Transport Services notices, about every 50 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around September 2030.

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The brief

The Authority is seeking to award a bus service contract to a supplier for the following requirements: The supply of local bus services (Littleport, Ely and through to Cambridge) Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to support local bus services.

From 1st January 2026 for 24 months + 12 months.

The Authority is seeking to award a contract relating to the provision of Local Bus Services.

The contract starts on Thursday 1st January 2026.

The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from this start date.

The Authority reserves the right not to conclude a contract for the service for which the Tender is invited.

The Route Schedule details the requirements for these contracts, such as the route, timetable, type of vehicle, and type of ticketing equipment to be used.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The supply of local bus services (Littleport

The supply of local bus services (Littleport, Ely and through to Cambridge).

02

Contracts funded with money allocated by

Contracts funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to support local bus services.

03

The contractor must be able to provide

The contractor must be able to provide the full service required from this start date.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ba8
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
057089-2025
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