Bus Grant Fares & Ticketing - Fare Cap 2026 - First Bus

Direct award

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£657,458published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill 25 Mar 2026no call for competition

Award (standstill) to First West of England Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract supports the bus fare caps in place in the West of England including the £1 Child Fare Cap and the £7 Adult Multi-Operator Day Ticket.

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

From the official record

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification: Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) permits direct awards to be made in certain circumstances. The relevant justification is contained in Paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Act which states:
"The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
Each of the bus operators has been awarded competitively tendered bus routes which they have exclusive rights to operate so that both limbs (a) and (b) are satisfied.

2 Apr 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 · 2 dates

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026

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Awards 1

Awarded value £657,4581 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
First West of England LtdBus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Cap 2026 - First Bus17 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026	£657,458	25 Mar 2026standstill to 15 Apr 2026	Standstill

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGWR-9284-XMRY 70 Redcliff Street, Bristol, South West, BS1 6ALContact email

1 commercial party on the notice

FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00025088GB-PPON: PZGT-3998-YBXQ Enterprise House, Easton Road,, Bristol, South West, BS5 0DZContact email

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Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender2 Apr 2026, 15:37 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender2 Apr 2026, 15:34 BST