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Bedford Borough Council
Contracted Enhancements to Local Bus Services
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £800,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 23 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Bedford Borough Council wishes to tender for contracted enhancements to local bus routes, enhancing the existing town centre network.
Bidders will submit proposals to enhance bus services on a contracted basis. Key locations are:
o Hillgrounds Road and Saxon Centre
o Putnoe Lane
o Woodlands Park
o Abbeyfields
Proposals must aim for each resident of the above locations to be able to access public transport within 400 metres of their home address. Services must provide enhanced access to key hubs and services, eg Bedford Hospital (North and South Wings), Bedford Bus Station and Bedford and Kempston Town centre, and should be designed more generally with the aim of providing enhanced connectively to socially necessary locations.
Transport provision to these locations on the day of operation and time of service is a minimum provision required.
Operators are permitted the flexibility to incorporate these areas into their existing network and enhance the minimum requirement on a commercial basis where they deem it is appropriate.
Further details are contained within the specification.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 60112000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 23 Oct 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 23 October 2026.
Deadline in this release: Wed 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 100673-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-078f70
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Sat 24 Oct 2026, 07:08 BST
- Read at
- Sat 24 Oct 2026, 09:04 BST
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