Official UK procurement notice
Potential Procurement Opportunity for Open Framework for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council wishes to establish an Open Framework ("the framework") for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services.
The new framework will replace the Council's Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System and will form part of a mixed-economy model approach for the Council.
At this stage, it is anticipated that the framework will comprise 3 Lots:
Lot 1 - Passenger Carrying Vehicles contracted transport (including an option for provision of passenger assistants). For the provision of Admitted Participant supplied vehicles 9 passenger seats or more and drivers. Services commissioned will include mainstream and college transport but may also include Special Educational Needs and social care transport.
Lot 2 - Hackney/Private Hire Transport (including an option for provision of passenger assistants). For the provision of Admitted Participant supplied vehicles of up to and including 8 passenger seats and drivers. Services commissioned will include Special Educational Needs and social care transport but may also include mainstream school transport.
Lot 3 - Public transport. For the provision of Admitted Participant supplied vehicles and drivers to provide registered local bus services. Vehicles will normally range from a minibus to a double-deck vehicle.
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 May 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Potential Procurement Opportunity for Open Framework for the Provision…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Herefordshire Council buys Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60), and who usually turns up
Herefordshire Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered. 90 known-location awards sit across 11 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 45 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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 bid0% / 0%
2–336% / 7%
4–621% / 7%
7+43% / 86%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 60Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 60. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 29 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–37%
4–67%
7+86%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
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
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Aug 2026, 07:48 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 15:43 BST
- Authority reference
1205- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086041- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
5 Aug 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published84 days ago5 Aug 2026, 07:48 BST
- Market engagement68 days ago20 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
The market engagement events will be held virtually by Microsoft Teams by invite only on:
- Thursday 13th August, 09:30 - 11:00
- Friday 21st August, 13:30 - 15:00
Suppliers who are interested in attending should please email Transport.Support@herefordshire.gov.uk or contact us via Pro-Contract www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ by the timescales detailed below:
- for the 13th August event, 12:00, midday 12th August
- for the 21st August event, 12:00, midday 20th August
The message should be titled "Market Engagement Event - Proposed Open Framework". Suppliers should confirm:
- preferred event date
- organisation name
- name of attendee/s (maximum 2 per supplier)
- email address(es) that the Microsoft Teams invite should be sent to.
Suppliers will then be sent a link to a Microsoft Teams meeting invite which they will need to join on the day.
- Latest notice published47 days ago10 Sept 2026, 15:43 BST
- Tender notice expected34h ago26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 184 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Aug 2026, 07:48 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Aug 2026, 06:11 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published10 Sept 2026, 15:43 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned10 Sept 2026, 15:43 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Sept 2026, 15:43 BST
Published amendments (1)
POST PUBLICATION NOTE 25.08.26 Update: A copy of the slide deck shared at the market engagement events held on 13.08.26 and 21.08.26 has now been uploaded to Procontract https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender