Buyer Name: Leicestershire County Council
Buyer Address: County Hall, Leicester, UKF22, LE3 8RA, United Kingdom
Contact Email: Commissioning.Support@leics.gov.uk
Award of De Minimis Bus Contracts
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
direct
direct
Value
331024.0 GBP
331024.0 GBP
Published
16 Jul 2025, 14:21
16 Jul 2025, 14:21
Deadline
n/a
n/a
Contract Start
25 Jul 2025, 23:00
25 Jul 2025, 23:00
Contract End
16 Mar 2026, 23:59
16 Mar 2026, 23:59
Category
n/a
n/a
CPV
60100000 - Road transport services
60100000 - Road transport services
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
CENTREBUS LIMITED, CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED, Kinchbus Ltd
CENTREBUS LIMITED, CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED, Kinchbus Ltd
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Description
Award of a number of subsidy contracts. These contracts are exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 regulations as they are awarded on a De Minimis basis as provided for under 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 year with any single operator.
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot 1 Status: complete
Awards
Award Title: De Minimis subsidy for service 154 (M-F and Sun). Contract numbers 0632 - 0643 (Mon - Fri) and 0644-0646 (Sun)
Award Title: De Minimis subsidy for service 93. Contract number 0624-0631
Award Title: De Minimis subsidy for service 2. Contract number 0648-0649.
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