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Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

School, College & Centre Passenger Transport Services

TransportCPV 60170000
Value£33.9m
Deadline23 Feb 2029
Published10 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Sept 2026896 days leftCloses 23 Feb 2029
Who to contact
procurement@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
+44 1642774774

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How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£33.9mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£36.6m

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

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has published 386 notices across all categories, and 36% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is seeking submissions from suppliers to join the School, College and Centre Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). ).

In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), the Council is extending the DPS originally advertised on Find a Tender in 2021 (contract notice ref: 2021/S 000-010171, award notice ref: 2021/S 000-021839) to end 23 February 2029.

Suppliers already awarded to the DPS do not need to re-apply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Suppliers already awarded to the DPS do

Suppliers already awarded to the DPS do not need to re-apply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.

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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-06f655
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
085679-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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