Provision of Southend-on-Sea South Local Bus Service 2026
- Southend-on-Sea City Council
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a
Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council (SCC) is seeking to award a contract to a suitable supplier for the provision of a South Bus Service operating within Southend on Sea. The detail of which
can be found below.
Scope:
Currently there are no commercial bus services which provide a service with a direct link into Airport land, operating between Southend Travel Centre and London Southend
Airport and Temple Farm Industrial Estate. This new bus service will support residents within St. Laurence; Prittlewell; St. Luke's; Southchurch; Victoria; Kursall; Milton Wards and enable new connections across the city.
Consultation for the BSIP identified many residents wanted to see a route from the
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Eastern area of Southend-on-Sea into London Southend Airport and considered that such a service could enable new connections across the city and avoid the need to travel into the city centre to change buses.
This new bus service will also support local businesses along the route including the Temple Farm Industrial areas of the city, that have no, or very few, bus services linking them direct to other parts of the city.
Local Government Reform & Devolution:
The contracting authority is Southend-on-Sea City Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.
Notices
UK6: Contract award notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-064681
- Published
- 9 July 2026, 12:47pm
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-040661
- Published
- 1 May 2026, 3:30pm
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-024109
- Published
- 17 March 2026, 2:11pm