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Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service

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 Email: procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
897000.0 GBP
Published
25 Sep 2025, 13:23
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
24 Aug 2025, 23:00
Contract End
28 Mar 2026, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
60112000 - Public road transport services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD.
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service. The contract start date was 25th August 2025 however there has been a delay with signing due to resource. The contract was signed on 15th September 2025. 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.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

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