Official UK procurement notice
Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva:
Service Number, Name and Contract Value
8 Hinckley - Lutterworth £162,085.00 p.a.
11 Coalville - Agar Nook £17,741.00 p.a.
12 Coalville - Whitwick £17,741.00 p.a.
15 Coalville - Ibstock £83,494.00 p.a.
27/28 Leicester - Ratby £49,259.00 p.a.
29/29S Leicester-Swad/Coalville - Swad £26,647.00 p.a.
84 Leicester - Lutterworth £38,940.00 p.a.
X84 Rugby - Lutterworth - Leicester £61,165.00 p.a.
153 Leicester - Market Bosworth £36,240.00 p.a.
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.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Oct 2025, 16:36 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2025, 15:57 GMT
- Authority reference
DN795007- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070950- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d10fFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2025- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2025, 16:36 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Nov 2025, 15:57 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITEDAward of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva Midlands Ltd30 Oct 2025 – 25 Aug 2026 | £493,312 | 21 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva · ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITED
- Signed
- 4 Nov 2025
- Value
- £493,312
- Period
- 5 Nov 2025 – 25 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender