Official UK procurement notice
NCC202500068 - Local school season ticket purchases on commercial bus services to all secondary schools
Authority: Newport City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a follow on agreement for season ticket purchase on commercial bus services from September 2026. There are currently commercial bus services running to St Josephs, Bassaleg, LLanwern, John Frost and Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Iscoed schools which we currently purchase season tickets to and these services can also carry fare paying passengers and pupils who do not qualify for free transport. We are not allowed to invite competition by other operators against a current commercial bus service that is already running and there are no current registrations being registered with the Traffic Commissioner on any of these routes by any other operator.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jun 2026, 12:35 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2026, 15:36 BST
- Authority reference
NCC202600068- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052944- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad61Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This is a follow on agreement for season ticket purchase on commercial bus services from September 2026. There are currently commercial bus services running to St Josephs, Bassaleg, LLanwern, John Frost and Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Iscoed schools which we currently purchase season tickets to and these services can also carry fare paying passengers and pupils who do not qualify for free transport. We are not allowed to invite competition by other operators against a current commercial bus service that is already running and there are no current registrations being registered with the Traffic Commissioner on any of these routes by any other operator.
- Risks
N/A to this contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Jun 2026 → 16 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published134 days ago4 Jun 2026, 15:36 BST
- Standstill ends122 days ago16 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published4 Jun 2026, 12:35 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Jun 2026, 15:10 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published4 Jun 2026, 15:36 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Transport LtdSMENCC202600068 - Local school season ticket purchases on commercial bus services to all secondary schools1 Sept 2026 – 31 Jul 2028 | £859,798 | 4 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
NCC202600068 - Local school season ticket purchases on commercial bus services to all secondary schools · Newport Transport LtdSME
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2026
- Value
- £859,798
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Jul 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Newport TransportAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender