Provision and Operation of Local Bus Services across South Yorkshire
Awarded to ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL LIMITED, CAWTHORNE'S TRAVEL LTD, COOPERS TOURS LIMITED +9 more
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority(buyer)
- Published
- Published 16 December 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 14 January 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
9 live opportunities · 40 awarded contracts
Sheffield, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PDBT-6675-QXPN
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £23,500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 16 December 2025
- Questions by
- 7 January 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £6,085,038
- Award date
- 2 March 2026
- Contract period
- 11 April 2026 → 4 September 2027
- Contract length
- 1 year 5 months
- Could run to
- 4 September 2029
- Against estimate
- 74% below
- Bids received
- 27
- ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL LIMITED
- CAWTHORNE'S TRAVEL LTD
- COOPERS TOURS LIMITED
- FIRST SOUTH YORKSHIRE LIMITED
- GLOBE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
- LINBURG TOURING LIMITED
- LINCOLNSHIRE ROAD CAR COMPANY LIMITED
- LL TRAVEL LIMITED
- SMT BUS AND COACH LTD
- T M TRAVEL LIMITED
- THE YORKSHIRE TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED
- WILFREDA LUXURY COACHES LIMITED
This contract ends on 4 September 2027, or 4 September 2029 if every extension is used.
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
27
11 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Transport services (excl. Waste transport) drew a median of 11 bids over the last 24 months; 9% received only one.
Who bid
- ANDREW'S OF TIDESWELL LIMITEDWinner
- FIRST SOUTH YORKSHIRE LIMITEDWinner
- GLOBE HOLIDAYS LIMITEDWinner
- LINCOLNSHIRE ROAD CAR COMPANY LIMITEDWinner
- THE YORKSHIRE TRACTION COMPANY LIMITEDWinner
- T M TRAVEL LIMITEDWinner
- CAWTHORNE'S TRAVEL LTDWinner
- SMT BUS AND COACH LTDWinner
- COOPERS TOURS LIMITEDWinner
- LL TRAVEL LIMITEDWinner
- LINBURG TOURING LIMITEDWinner
- WILFREDA LUXURY COACHES LIMITEDWinner
+2 more
How bids were scored
Price 90% · Quality 10%
- Quality - Social Value10%
- Price90%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
£49,932
Median of 11,684 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 121.9× the median.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority in the last 12 months
40
contracts awarded, worth £905,982,974 in total
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Notice history
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Contract
3 March 2026
Contract Notice
16 December 2025
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