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TVCA-PROC-0772 - Extension to Bus Service 10

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Tees Valley Combined Authority

Buyer Address: Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, UKC13, DL2 1NJ, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Procurement

Contact Email: procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
87580.0 GBP
Published
10 Mar 2026, 16:24
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
29 Mar 2026, 23:00
Contract End
18 Jul 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
60112000 - Public road transport services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Arriva Durham County
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)(the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, are looking to award a contract for the provision of extension to bus service 10. Award of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. Local authorities or Passenger Transport Authorities/Executives with forecast expenditure on bus service subsidies in any one year of £600,000 or more will be able to spend up to 25% of this on de minimis contracts; within this 25% there is no limit on the expenditure in any one year that may be incurred on an individual de minimis contract or the amount of de minimis contract expenditure in any year with any single operator. This contract is to be awarded to Arriva since they are the commercial operator of Bus Service 10. This service is a daytime extension of a current Arriva route to provide connectivity to Sadberge and surrounding villages as a mitigation of Tees Flex being withdrawn.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Raw Notice JSON

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