Award

Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Serve 2 Loughborough to Sileby.

  • Leicestershire County Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-043347

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0566c8 (view related notices)

Published 28 July 2025, 10:49am



Scope

Reference

DN784197

Description

Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Serve 2 Loughborough to Sileby.

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.


Contract 1. Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Serve 2 Loughborough to Sileby.

Supplier

Contract value

  • £73,972 excluding VAT
  • £88,766 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

8 August 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 9 August 2025 to 31 July 2026
  • 11 months, 23 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Contract locations

  • UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Kinchbus Ltd

Mansfield Road

Heanor

DE7 7BG

United Kingdom

Region: UKF13 - South and West Derbyshire

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Serve 2 Loughborough to Sileby.


Contracting authority

Leicestershire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PNHT-9235-VXDV

County Hall

Leicester

LE3 8RA

United Kingdom

Region: UKF22 - Leicestershire CC and Rutland

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government