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Official UK procurement notice
Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a
Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a (S106 funded).
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.
The contract start date is 4th May 2025, however the notice cannot be published retrospectively. The contract was signed on 15th September 2025.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0604- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a · CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD
- Signed
- 24 Sept 2025
- Value
- £81,883
- Period
- 25 Sept 2025 — 28 Mar 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £81,883
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2025- Contract termination notice published8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BSTUK11
- Status changed8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BST
- Buyer details updated8 Apr 2026, 09:22 BST
- Contract details notice published24 Sept 2025, 10:37 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD.Awarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender