Official UK procurement notice
Award of De Minimis Contract - Centrebus Route 24a Barrow-Sileby Extension
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward of De Minimis contract to Centrebus Ltd for extension of route 24a Barrow - Sileby.
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
- 28 Jul 2025, 09:49 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2025, 12:51 BST
- Authority reference
DN784183- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043441- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566b8Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published28 Jul 2025, 09:49 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Jul 2025, 12:51 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrebus LimitedAward of De Minimis contract to Centrebus Ltd for extension of route 24a Barrow - Sileby.8 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026 | £68,921 | 18 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CENTREBUS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender