Official UK procurement notice
Home to School Transport Stokesley School
Authority: ARETÉ LEARNING TRUST (Public body)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£650,000≈ £325k / year · £780,000 inc. VAT33.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2026awarded 2 Jul 2026
Awarded to Hodgsons Coach Operators Limited
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensions · starts 9 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHome to School transport for 11-19 aged students at Stokesley School and Sixth Form College
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£650,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
- Quality of the Service Provided
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 May 2026, 13:56 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2026, 14:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042538- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0694c1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submit by email to anpreston@arete.uk
Timeline
8 May 2026 → 9 Sept 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published173 days ago8 May 2026, 13:56 BST
- Submission deadline142 days ago8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by120 days ago30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent115 days ago6 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published86 days ago3 Aug 2026, 14:46 BST
- Contract starts50 days ago9 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 May 2026- Tender notice published8 May 2026, 13:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published3 Aug 2026, 14:46 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Aug 2026, 14:46 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £433,2001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgsons Coach Operators LimitedSME1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 1 Sept 2028Extensions: Contracts can be extended by one year. | £433,200 | 2 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hodgsons Coach Operators LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender