Lot 1
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AwardedFind a Tender · award
Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 2 Loughborough - Sileby
BuyerLeicestershire County Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published8 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Service 2 Loughborough to 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.
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Awards
1
Statusactive
SupplierKinchbus Ltd
Contracts
Award of De Minimis contract to Kinchbus for continuation of Serve 2 Loughborough to Sileby.
Statusactive
Value£73,972
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| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0566c8 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 047389-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Aug 08 2025 14:51:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2025 | award, contract | 047389-2025 |
| 28 Jul 2025 | award, contract | 043445-2025 |
| 28 Jul 2025 | award, contract | 043347-2025 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
Complete current OCDS release JSON
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