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North Somerset Supported Bus Services (August 2026 - Batch 1)
Authority: North Somerset Council
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (60000000)
Published panel value£1,534,164Shared across 2 suppliers; not a single purchase
Contract ends 28 Aug 2027
Awarded to First West of England Ltd, The Big Lemon CIC
Contract starts 30 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe council required a bus operator to operate each of the following supported bus service contracts in North Somerset from 30 August 2026:
- Bus Service 6 (ref: NSC-0750-26) - Weston-super-Mare to Worle Retail Park via Mead Vale - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £141,094)
- Bus Service 9 / X11 (ref: NSC-0746-26) - Weston-super-Mare to Worle Retail Park via Worlebury (9) and Weston-super-Mare to Nailsea (X11) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £669,239)
- Bus Service X5 (ref: NSC-0751-26) - Hutton to Portishead - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £430,255)
- Bus Service X10 (ref: NSC-0740-26) - Wrington to Southmead - awarded to The Big Lemon CIC (annual contract value: £293,576)
Lot 3 of North Somerset Council's Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) was used for this procurement.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Other -
- Buyer reference
- NSOMS001-DN814691-39988323
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- South West, United Kingdom
- Description
First West of England Ltd: Service 6 (contract ref. NSC-0750-26), Service 9/X11 (contract ref. NSC-0746-26) and Service X5 (contract ref. NSC-0751-26).
The Big Lemon CIC: Service X10 (contract ref. NSC-0740-26).
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision6 Aug 2026
- Notice published7 Aug 2026
- Contract starts30 Aug 2026
- Contract ends28 Aug 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- North Somerset CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- First West of England LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
- The Big Lemon CICSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- Yes
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3147aa3d-9a90-43d9-be12-db871d26f902-2026-08-07T16:54:26+01:00
- Published
- 7 Aug 2026
- Latest update
- 7 Aug 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3147aa3d-9a90-43d9-be12-db871d26f902
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3147aa3d-9a90-43d9-be12-db871d26f902-1