Official UK procurement notice
C9370 Supply of Bus Body Panels - ADL
Authority: Translink (Public body)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£21,967published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Aug 2026
Awarded to Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbus
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTranslink requires a competent supplier to supply aluminium bus panels to support the ADL vehicles within the Translink Fleet.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
- Authority reference
C9370- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083795- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f206Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework P-3449 Supply of Bus, Coach and Support Vehicle Replacement Parts
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 4 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Assessment summaries sent58 days ago24 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published47 days ago4 Sept 2026, 10:41 BST
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 4 Sept 2026- Contract award notice published4 Sept 2026, 10:41 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £21,9671 award exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as WrightbusSME5 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 | £21,967 | 11 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bamford Bus Company t/a WrightbusAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender