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OpenStage · tender 738 days to close

Newport City Council

Passenger Transport Services

TransportCPV 60120000
Value£80.0m
Deadline31 Jul 2028
Published18 Jan 2023
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 18 Jan 2023738 days leftCloses 31 Jul 2028
Who to contact
Richard Leake
richard.leake@newport.gov.uk
+44 1633656656

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
£80.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£86.4m

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

The continued development of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the participating Councils passenger transport requirements including local bus services.

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-03985c
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
001482-2023
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