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title: "Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-de-minimis-contract-kinchbus-service-3-loughborough-town-ocds-h6vhtk-059423"
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# Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-de-minimis-contract-kinchbus-service-3-loughborough-town-ocds-h6vhtk-059423). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicestershire County Council: "Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leicestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicestershire-county-council-ons-e10000018)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKF2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £125,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-de-minimis-contract-kinchbus-service-3-loughborough-town-ocds-h6vhtk-059423#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-059423`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-de-minimis-contract-kinchbus-service-3-loughborough-town-ocds-h6vhtk-059423#tl-md)

## Description
Contract exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 regulations as e
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Kinchbus Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-154789`
  - Value: £125,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 03/07/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town (active)
  - Signed Value: £125,000
  - Signed Date: 16/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F057161-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-17T08:13:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T04:44:25.757Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-059423