Official UK procurement notice
RES/TR/First Bus - Individual Active Travel Bus Ticket Offer – February 2024 to March 2025
Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRES/TR/First Bus - Individual Active Travel Bus Ticket Offer – February 2024 to March 2025
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1RES/TR/First Bus - Individual Active Travel Bus Ticket Offer – February 2024 to March…Awarded
RES/TR/First Bus - Individual Active Travel Bus Ticket Offer – February 2024 to March 2025 - In accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 a negotiated procedure without prior publication (direct award) process was followed due to competition being absent for technical reasons. The service contract was directly awarded to First Bus Group Ltd to supply taster tickets to the public up to 31st March 2025 as part of the Bristol Clean Air Zone project.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Mar 2024, 12:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2024, 12:41 GMT
- Authority reference
DN710686- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007178- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0445faFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
A negotiated procedure without prior publication (direct award) was followed in accordance with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 due to competition being absent for technical reasons. The services are essential requirements of the Council and can only be met by a proprietary solution only available from a single supplier. Bristol bus routes are predominantly controlled by First Bus Group and in order for the bus taster tickets to be widely useable it is essential for them to be valid for the largest number of bus routes possible.
Therefore the contract has been awarded to First Bus Group Ltd to supply taster tickets (m-Tickets) to the public until March 2025 as part of the Bristol Clean Air Zone project and the m-Tickets are only available from First Bus Group Ltd.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Bus Group Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007178-2024-DN710686-1 · First Bus Group Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RES/TR/First Bus - Individual Active Travel Bus Ticket Offer – February 2024 to March… | 1bids | — | — | £1 – £480,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £480,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Bristol District Registry of the High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- First Bus Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.