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# Bus Service Renewal

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-service-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-06be06). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE): "Bus Service Renewal". 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:** [UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £780,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bus-service-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-06be06#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06be06`

## 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/bus-service-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-06be06#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34121100, 60172000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Transport for Greater Manchester**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PNJQ-2746-NWYT`
  - Value: £780,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 25/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060290-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-26T11:21:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T15:57:27.364Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06be06