CPCA Bus Service Tendering – Demand Responsive Transport (Tiger on Demand)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
- Estimated value
- £6,000,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- East of England
- Buyer in East of England
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- Documents
- On In-tend
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 27 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 20 full UK working days before the closing day, Wed 25 Nov 2026 (England and Wales bank holidays left out). Questions to the buyer close on Wed 18 Nov 2026, 15 working days from now.
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 29 days from publication to the closing day: shorter than the median for open transport and logistics tenders (32 days).
- Value
- £6m is below the median (£7m) of the 106 open transport and logistics tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
- 2 more open tenders from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 2 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
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The DRT scheme (Tiger on Demand) is a flexible service that provides shared transport to users who specify their desired location and time of pick-up and drop-off using an app or call centre.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 101426-2026
- Buyer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
- Buyer’s region
- East of England
- Where the work is
- East of England
- Listed on Evendraft under
- East of England
- Published
- 27 Oct 2026
- Tender deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Questions by
- 18 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £6,000,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- CPV codes
- 60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 60112000 Public road transport services
- Procedure
- Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- 2 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On In-tend
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