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Published 7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service

Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesDirect awardSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value £897,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD
Contract term 1 yrstarts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Demand Responsive Transport Service - Tees Flex Bus Service. The contract start date was 25th August 2025 however there has been a delay with signing due to resource. The contract was signed on 15th September 2025.

Award of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with 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 one year that may be incurred on an individual de minimis contract or the amount of de minimis contract expenditure in any year with any single operator.

CPV: Public road transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 — 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East
60112000 Public road transport services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST
Last source update
7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0578
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Classification (CPV)
Public road transport services
Delivery area
North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0504d4
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification
Award of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with 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 more…the expenditure in any one year that may be incurred on an individual de minimis contract or the amount of de minimis contract expenditure in any year with any single operator.

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 13:22 BST
  2. Market engagement
    12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
    Tees Flex is an on-demand bus service which was introduced to the TVCA local area in early 2020. The service is currently contracted until August 2025, and we are therefore engaging with the local market to understand operator capacity and interest moving forward. Covering various locations across more…the Tees Valley. Responses to this pre-tender market engagement opportunity can be submitted through Proactis at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=ce67c92c-831b-f011-8136-005056b64545 Queries regarding this process and/or the content of this PTME should be submitted as clarification requests via the portal, no communication will be accepted via other means.
  3. Standstill ends
    10 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts383 days ago
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published164 days ago
    7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £897,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD25 Aug 2025 — 28 Mar 2026£897,0001 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD

    Signed
    25 Aug 2025
    Value
    £897,000
    Period
    25 Aug 2025 — 28 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £897,000
    Termination
    contractCompleted

    No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below £5 million including VAT

Notice history

13 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025
  1. Contract termination notice published
    7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BSTUK11
  2. Status changed
    7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    7 Apr 2026, 09:52 BST
  5. Contract details notice published
    25 Sept 2025, 14:23 BSTUK7
  6. Contract signature expected
    1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  7. Contract award notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 11:23 BSTUK6
  8. Transparency notice published
    1 Jul 2025, 11:07 BSTUK5
  9. Status changed to complete
    1 Jul 2025, 11:07 BST
  10. Procurement method changed
    1 Jul 2025, 11:07 BST
  11. Buyer details updated
    1 Jul 2025, 11:07 BST
  12. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 13:25 BSTUK2
  13. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 13:22 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

Updated link to opportunity within Proactis.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 1 Jul 2025
  • 2025-04: 2 releases · 17 Apr 2025 — 17 Apr 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 11747311 · GB-PPON: PDNG-8971-ZVCR Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, North East, DL2 1NJ [email protected]
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Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

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