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# First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 18 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** `00257815`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-167581` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 18
- **Primary Sector:** [Road transport services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/road-transport-services-60100000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £62m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £90k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** 13 procedures (17 awards)
2. **[University of East Anglia](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-east-anglia-urn-133853):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** £60m · [Service 941  Kirstead and Brooke to Framingham Earl High School, Purchase of season Tickets](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-941-kirstead-and-brooke-to-framingham-earl-high-school-purchase-of-season-tickets-ocds-h6vhtk-0557c1)
2. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** £900k · [Thickthorn and Airport Park and Ride](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/park-and-ride-bus-service-concession-contract-norwich-ocds-h6vhtk-047cda)
3. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** £136k · [De minimis Local Bus contracts serving Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/de-minimis-local-bus-contracts-serving-norwich-great-yarmouth-and-lowestoft-ocds-h6vhtk-05d1d3)
4. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** £99k · [Service 7 - Filby to Norwich off peak journeys Monday to Friday](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-7-filby-to-norwich-off-peak-journeys-monday-to-friday-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3c3)
5. **[Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020):** £98k · [Service 7 - Filby - Norwich off peak Monday-Friday](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-7-filby-norwich-off-peak-monday-friday-ocds-h6vhtk-05505e)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 13

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt