Award

Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service

  • Tees Valley Combined Authority

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-036340

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0504d4 (view related notices)

Published 1 July 2025, 11:23am



Scope

Reference

TVCA-PROC-0578

Description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, intend to award a contract for the provision of Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service.

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.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £897,000 excluding VAT
  • £1,076,400 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

1 July 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 10 July 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

1 August 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 25 August 2025 to 28 March 2026
  • 7 months, 4 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 60112000 - Public road transport services

Contract locations

  • UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham

Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award


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

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1


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