Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 60170000·Services · class·in Transport & Passenger Services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 121 lots from 65 competitions run by 42 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 38 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 83 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 189 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 23 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 21 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| WFCG Student Transport Tender | The Windsor Forest Colleges Group | 9 Nov 2026 | 14d | £600,000 |
| 818NC Coach Hire | Leeds Beckett University | 4 Nov 2026 | 9d | £872,000 ceiling |
| DFTO Ground Transportation | DFT Operator Limited 'DFTO' | 31 May 2034 | 2774d | — |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver2,263 notices · 94%60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver162 notices · 7%60171000 Hire of passenger cars with driver27 notices · 1%- Public road transport services 284 · 12m
- Road transport services 116 · 12m
- Taxi services 78 · 12m
- Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 34 · 12m
- Railway transport services 20 · 12m
- Non-scheduled passenger transport 18 · 12m
- Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver 11 · 12m
- Hire of water transport equipment with crew 11 · 12m
- Non-scheduled air transport services 8 · 12m
- Air transport services 8 · 12m
- All of Transport & Passenger Services →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities93%(2,233 notices)
2,233 of 2,411 notices are Local authorities (93%).Education & universities4%(89 notices)
89 of 2,411 notices are Education & universities (4%).Central government1%(36 notices)
36 of 2,411 notices are Central government (1%).Other public bodies1%(21 notices)
21 of 2,411 notices are Other public bodies (1%).Police, fire & emergency0%(5 notices)
5 of 2,411 notices are Police, fire & emergency (0%).Not classified1%(27 notices)
27 of 2,411 notices are Not classified (1%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| London Borough of Haringey - Passenger Transport Services | Local authorities | 2,077 | 0 | 0 |
| Milton Keynes Council | Local authorities | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | Local authorities | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | Central government | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | Local authorities | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | Local authorities | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| CalMac Ferries Limited | not classified | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Historic Environment Scotland | not classified | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
201 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 2,375 of 2,417 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| West Midlands | 3 | 80% | 90% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract97%(2,333 notices)
2,333 of 2,417 notices are Contract (97%).Framework2%(59 notices)
59 of 2,417 notices are Framework (2%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(25 notices)
25 of 2,417 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open95%(2,300 notices)
2,300 of 2,417 notices are Open (95%).Route not published2%(43 notices)
43 of 2,417 notices are Route not published (2%).Selective2%(40 notices)
40 of 2,417 notices are Selective (2%).Direct award1%(17 notices)
17 of 2,417 notices are Direct award (1%).Limited / restricted1%(17 notices)
17 of 2,417 notices are Limited / restricted (1%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold75%(49 notices)
49 of 65 notices are Above threshold (75%).Below threshold25%(16 notices)
16 of 65 notices are Below threshold (25%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (582) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12%(15)
15 of 121 lots fall in 1 bid (12%).2–317%(21)
21 of 121 lots fall in 2–3 (17%).4–640%(49)
49 of 121 lots fall in 4–6 (40%).7 or more30%(36)
36 of 121 lots fall in 7 or more (30%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 121 lots from 65 competitions run by 42 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 38 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4.5) and 83 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
553 of 579 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
237 SME bids out of 333, on 65 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
109 of 165 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 42 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 582 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 62 lots from 23 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 3,667 awards to 358 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 19% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| network cars (tottenham) ltd | 541 | 541 | 0 | 1 |
| Emess Car Service | 310 | 310 | 0 | 1 |
| Airport Transfer Cars Ltd | 309 | 309 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam’s Cars Limited | 184 | 184 | 0 | 1 |
| Quick Cars | 183 | 183 | 0 | 1 |
| Miniways Car Service | 81 | 81 | 0 | 1 |
| Whittington Cars LTD | 56 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| B & L Coaches | 48 | 48 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 163 of 2,417 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in hire of passenger transport vehicles…
21 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| 818NC Coach Hire | Leeds Beckett University | 4 Nov 2026 | 9d | £872,000 ceiling |
| WFCG Student Transport Tender | The Windsor Forest Colleges Group | 9 Nov 2026 | 14d | £600,000 |
| Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Passenger Transport Services | London Borough of Enfield | 23 Feb 2029 | 851d | £60,000,000 ceiling |
| DFTO Ground Transportation | DFT Operator Limited 'DFTO' | 31 May 2034 | 2774d | — |
| Dynamic Purchasing System for Hired Passenger Transport SEND | London Borough of Barnet | 31 Aug 2035 | 3231d | £24,000,000 ceiling |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 6017. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.