FIRST EASTERN COUNTIES BUSES LIMITED: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationNorwichEast of EnglandMain market: Road transport services

Companies House00257815Websitefirstbus.co.uk

Procedures with an award1418 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities2named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£62mnet · on 15 of 18 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Last 12 months14awards · 4 in the prior 24 months · last 25 Aug 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Contracts ending ≤18 months13end date published on 17 of 18 awards
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Delivery regions1most often East of England
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Where they win
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

18 lot-level observations (17 awarded lots, 94%, plus 1 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes

6010 Road transport services16 observations · 89% · lots
6011 Public road transport services2 observations · 11% · 1 lots + 1 envelope
Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

£62mOn 15 of 18 award records; the five largest make 99%; a further 3 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£167k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£90k medianrobust · n=15
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
Service 941 Kirstead and Brooke to Framingham Earl High School, Purchase of season TicketsNorfolk County Council1.9 yrs£60,100,000
£31m/yr
Thickthorn and Airport Park and RideNorfolk County Council£900,000
De minimis Local Bus contracts serving Norwich, Great Yarmouth and LowestoftNorfolk County Council2 yrs£136,427
£68k/yr
Service 7 - Filby to Norwich off peak journeys Monday to FridayNorfolk County Council1 yrs£98,670
£99k/yr
Service 7 - Filby - Norwich off peak Monday-FridayNorfolk County Council1 yrs£98,300
£98k/yr

Where they deliver
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 12 of 14 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each

East of England12 procedures · 100%

Who they sell to
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Local authority 94% (17 awards)
  • Education 6% (1 awards)
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
Norfolk County Council1392.9%175 Aug 2026
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA17.1%125 Aug 2026

Share = of the 14 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 17 of 18 awards carry one · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 13.

Recent awards

Latest 18 of 18 award records naming this supplier

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
  • Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
  • Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
  • Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £62m across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
  • Contract end dates: published on 17 of 18 awards; 13 end within 18 months.
  • Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
  • Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (3 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-149025GB-FTS-151996GB-FTS-167581

Canonical page id: GB-COH:00257815