Official UK procurement notice
Hartlepool College of Further Education Student Bus Transportation
Authority: Hartlepool College of Further Education (Education)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC1)
Awarded value£162,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to STAGECOACH BUS HOLDINGS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe college requires a bus company that operates in the area to provide transportation of the students at various times of the date, this will be via bus passes. There are several local routes that the transportation needs to take throughout Hartlepool
and the wider villages which no other provider is
able to meet.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2026, 12:16 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 10:11 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074524- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bcfdFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published25 Jun 2026, 12:16 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected3 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Aug 2026, 10:11 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £162,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAGECOACH BUS HOLDINGS LIMITED1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027 | £162,000 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · STAGECOACH BUS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Signed
- 4 Aug 2026
- Value
- £162,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- STAGECOACH BUS HOLDINGS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender