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Published 8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Middlesbrough Bus Service 29

Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value £202,815published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Middlesbrough Bus Service 29 - Subsidised bus service (de minimis). Service extension to Cypress Road and Nunthorpe on Mon-Sat daytimes/evenings and Sundays.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: 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
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, 08:36 BST
Last source update
8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST
Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0517
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054730
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification
ward of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. This service is a daytime and evening extension of a current Arriva route. No other operator could viably provide the necessary connection due to Arriva providing the standard service. Local authorities or Passenger Transport Authorities/Executives with more…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.

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Standstill ends
    23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published163 days ago
    8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £202,8151 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY LIMITED24 Jun 2025 — 28 Mar 2026£202,81511 Mar 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Middlesbrough Bus Service 29 · ARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY LIMITED

    Signed
    24 Jun 2025
    Value
    £202,815
    Period
    24 Jun 2025 — 28 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £202,815
    Termination
    contractCompleted

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

Notice history

8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jun 2025
  1. Contract termination notice published
    8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BSTUK11
  2. Status changed
    8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    8 Apr 2026, 08:36 BST
  5. Contract signature expected
    24 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  6. Contract details notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 12:54 BSTUK7
  7. Contract award notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 09:11 BSTUK6
  8. Transparency notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 09:06 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 12 Jun 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

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 (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

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