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Loughborough College

Transport Services Framework (Coaches & Minibuses – With/Without Driver)

TransportCPV 60130000
Value£6.2m
Deadline18 Mar 2026
Published19 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Feb 2026ClosedCloses 18 Mar 2026
Who to contact
procurement@loucoll.ac.uk
01509215831

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Contract value in context
£6.2mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£6.7m

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 College is seeking to establish a college-owned, multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of transport services to support current and future operational requirements across the Loughborough College Group.

The Framework will cover, but is not limited to, the following services: •Coach services (with driver), including fixed routes, semi-fixed routes, and ad-hoc journeys •Minibus services (with driver), including wheelchair-accessible vehicles where required •Vehicle and minibus hire (self-drive) for College-operated transport Transport for: •timetabled learner routes •inter-campus travel •sports fixtures, enrichment activities, and educational visits •contingency and emergency transport requirements Services may be required on weekdays and, where necessary, evenings and weekends, in line with curriculum and enrichment activities.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Loughborough:-Special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services./RNRG284P6H To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/RNRG284P6H

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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The College is seeking to establish a college-owned, multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of transport services to support current and future operational requirements across the Loughborough College Group.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0657c3
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
015082-2026
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