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OpenStage · tender 2713 days to close

Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council

Passenger Transport DPS 2024 - 2034

TransportCPV 60112000
Value£350.0m
Deadline31 Jan 2034
Published2 Oct 2023
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Oct 20232713 days leftCloses 31 Jan 2034
Who to contact
Mrs Debbie Pitcher
debbie.pitcher@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
+44 1244976943

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
£350.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£378.0m

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

Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council publishes Transport Services work continuously — 135 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

36% of Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

This is a new DPS - existing operators will need to apply and new operators are welcomed.

Tender documents are all available on www.the-chest.org.uk Please raise any questions on the Chest.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Existing operators will need to apply

existing operators will need to apply and new operators are welcomed.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ 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
ocds-h6vhtk-04071e
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
028975-2023
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