Middlesbrough Bus Service 13 and 13b

Official notice

Authority: Tees Valley Combined Authority (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: North East (UKC1)

Awarded value£44,866published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 3 May 2025no call for competition

Awarded to CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group have awarded Middlesbrough Bus Service 13 and 13b.

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 lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

60112000 Public road transport services

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: Unspecified in notice
First published: 19 Jun 2025, 16:22 BST
Last source update: 19 Jun 2025, 16:22 BST
Authority reference: TVCA-PROC-0541
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-033823
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055048 Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
19 Jun 2025, 16:22 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £44,8661 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 3 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD	£44,866 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD
Signed
3 May 2025
Value
£44,866
Period
4 May 2025 – 23 Aug 2025
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDNG-8971-ZVCR Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, North East, DL2 1NJContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD.Awarded supplierGB-COH: 02546698GB-PPON: PPHT-3734-NQVH One Stockport Exchange, Stockport, North West, SK1 3SWContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender19 Jun 2025, 16:22 BST