Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bc5-b54f-7396-ab99-7cf9d6b6bb63/bus-operator-franchising-workshop pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Bus Operator Franchising Workshop [Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cambridgeshire-peterborough-combined-authority) Open field Estimated value Not stated Published 15 Oct 2025 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This workshop forms a critical part of the Bus Franchising Implementation Pathways Review work being chaired by Leon Daniels OBE with consultancy support from Steer. The session, chaired by Leon Daniels OBE, is intended to provide an opportunity for bus operators and community transport providers to input their knowledge and views to the review work, providing information on experience in the local area and its challenges, information on operating in different contracting environments and best practice elsewhere. This will help inform the independent review work undertaken to recommend how the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority franchising scheme proceeds. ## CPV classification Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-05ccec-2025-10-15T09:40:19+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-05ccec-2025-10-15T09:40:19+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/cambridgeshire-peterborough-combined-authority) [Sector More Transport services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/transport-services) ## More tenders like this [Hire of buses and coaches with driver – TRANSPORTE DE PASSAGEIROS EM AUTOCARRO, COM MOTORISTA · Fundação INATEL · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-b8c8-71c9-b41f-6e13952dde52/portugal-hire-of-buses-and-coaches-with-driver-transporte-de-passageiros-em) [Road transport services – Izvajanje prevozov osnovnošolskih otrok v Občini Dravograd od 1. 12. 2026 do 24. 6. 2027 · Občina Dravograd · 11 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-05a6-728a-897c-46739c23f551/slovenia-road-transport-services-izvajanje-prevozov-osnovnosolskih-otrok-v-o) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Servicio de transporte adaptado. · Fundación Uliazpi - Fundación Uliazpi · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2c7a-70d7-b42b-166262cc17ac/spain-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-servicio-de-transpor) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Извършване на специализиран автобусен превоз на работници и служители на “АЕЦ Козлодуй” ЕАД · АЕЦ КОЗЛОДУЙ ЕАД · 31 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-8d6e-715b-9cd1-1f387b8b8069/bulgaria-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-izviersvane-na-spe) [Public road transport services – Διακήρυξη Ανοικτού Δημόσιου Διαγωνισμού για την ανάθεση του αποκλειστικού δικαιώματος εκτέλεσης δημόσιων τακτικών \[υπεραστικών\] οδικών μεταφορών επιβατών με λεωφορεία στην Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου με σύμβαση παραχώρησης δημόσιας υπηρεσίας σύμφωνα με τον Κανονισμό 1370/2007 ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΥΠΟΔΟΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ 33 days left 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-6707-706a-937f-c19245bebd8f/greece-public-road-transport-services-diakiriksi-anoiktou-dimosioy-diaghonismo) [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services – Exécution des services de transports des personnes à mobilité réduite de la Métropole du Grand Nancy-. · Métropole du Grand Nancy · 8 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-0612-70c1-9131-accab4880072/france-special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-execution-des-servi)