This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Award of De Minimis contract to Centrebus Ltd for extension of route 24a Barrow - Sileby.
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
- Administrative change
- 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
- 8 Aug 2025, 15:39 BST
- Last source update
- 20 May 2026, 16:25 BST
- Authority reference
DN784183- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-046623- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058474Find a Tender
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2025- Contract details notice published8 Aug 2025, 15:39 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published20 May 2026, 16:25 BSTUK10
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrebus Limited | £155,760 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Award of De Minimis contract to Centrebus Ltd for extension of route 24a Barrow - Sileby. . · Centrebus Limited
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2025
- Value
- £155,760
- Period
- 20 May 2026 – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
- Change 20 May 2026 contract amendment published
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 change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender