Award

Tees Flex Bus Service

  • Tees Valley Combined Authority

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-033718

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-055005 (view related notices)

Published 19 June 2025, 1:43pm



Scope

Reference

TVCA-PROC-0520

Description

Provision of Tees Flex Bus Service - Subsidised bus service (de minimis).


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £532,708.55 excluding VAT
  • £639,250.26 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

19 June 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 19 June 2025 to 23 August 2025
  • 2 months, 5 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 an extension of a current provision, No other operator could viably provide the necessary services due to Cleveland Transit Ltd providing the current 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

CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD.

  • Companies House: 02546698
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPHT-3734-NQVH

One Stockport Exchange

Stockport

SK1 3SW

United Kingdom

Region: UKD35 - Greater Manchester South East

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority

  • 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