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Published 26 Jun 2026, 11:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bus Service Renewal · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£780,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 26 Jun 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Transport for Greater Manchester

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Salford has agreed to partner with Transport for Greater Manchester to provide a bus service that is required to support our students and staff, running between Adelphi Street/Oldfield Road to Media City, cover all three university campuses (Peel Park, Frederick Road and Media City Campus).

The service would be for a Monday to Friday 52 weeks of the year and until 9pm and from the first bus in the morning at 4am.

The 50 and 51 bus is a service that covers all key areas and is a service that our students, staff and visitors use and TfGM are the sole provider of this service.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
34121100 Public-service buses60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
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
26 Jun 2026, 11:56 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2026, 12:21 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060290
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06be06 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Direct Award for the University's bus service.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    26 Jun 2026, 11:56 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    26 Jun 2026, 12:21 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £780,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Transport for Greater Manchester1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029£780,000 inc. VAT26 Jun 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Salford

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: RC000666 · GB-PPON: PDHR-3751-QPQR 43 The Crescent, Salford, North West, M5 4WTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender