Official UK procurement notice
DRT Pilot Scheme - Purchase of Used Buses
Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Awarded value£134,400published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Mistral Specialist Vehicles
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of two Used buses for the Demand Response Transport pilot Scheme
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007263- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060ffcFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
- Published justification
Specialist used vehicles sought and available for purchase within the budget available.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:43 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £134,4001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Specialist Vehicles28 Jan 2026 – 27 Feb 2026 | £134,400 | 1 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mistral Specialist VehiclesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender