Scope
Reference
TVCA-PROC-0517
Description
Provision of Middlesbrough Bus Service 29 - Subsidised bus service (de minimis). Service extension to Cypress Road and Nunthorpe on Mon-Sat daytimes/evenings and Sundays.
Contract 1. Middlesbrough Bus Service 29
Supplier
Contract value
- £202,815 excluding VAT
- £243,378 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
12 June 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 12 June 2025 to 28 March 2026
- 9 months, 17 days
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 60112000 - Public road transport services
Contract locations
- UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement
Award of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. This service is a daytime and evening extension of a current Arriva route. No other operator could viably provide the necessary connection due to Arriva providing the standard service.
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.
Supplier
ARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY LIMITED
- Companies House: 02404350
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMXD-1511-LHCN
1 Admiral Way
Sunderland
SR3 3XP
United Kingdom
Email: mcgowanr@arriva.co.uk
Website: http://www.arrivabus.co.uk
Region: UKC23 - Sunderland
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Middlesbrough Bus Service 29
Contracting authority
Tees Valley Combined Authority
- Companies House: 11747311
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDNG-8971-ZVCR
Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport
Darlington
DL2 1NJ
United Kingdom
Region: UKC13 - Darlington
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government