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# Provision of Southend-on-Sea South Local Bus Service 2026

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southend-on-sea-south-local-bus-service-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southend-on-Sea City Council: "Provision of Southend-on-Sea South Local Bus Service 2026". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,470,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: procurement.southend.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Southend-on-Sea City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southend-on-sea-city-council-ons-e06000033)
- **Published Value:** £1,470,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 June 2026 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKH31
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,457,118 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southend-on-sea-south-local-bus-service-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southend-on-sea-south-local-bus-service-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procurement.southend.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocurement.southend.gov.uk%2Fsouthend%2Fportal.nsf%2Findex.htm)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-southend-on-sea-south-local-bus-service-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-066c5a#participate

## Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council (SCC) is seeking to award a contract to a suitable supplier for the provision of a South Bus Service operating within Southend on Sea. The detail of which
can be found below.
Scope:
Currently there are no commercial bus services which provide a service with a direct link into Airport land, operating between Southend Travel Centre and London Southend
Airport and Temple Farm Industrial Estate. This new bus service will support residents within St. Laurence; Prittlewell; St. Luke's; Southchurch; Victoria; Kursall; Milton Wards and enable new connections across the city.
Consultation for the BSIP identified many residents wanted to see a route from the
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Eastern area of Southend-on-Sea into London Southend Airport and considered that such a service could enable new connections across the city and avoid the need to travel into the city centre to change buses. 
This new bus service will also support local businesses along the route including the Temple Farm Industrial areas of the city, that have no, or very few, bus services linking them direct to other parts of the city. 
Local Government Reform & Devolution:
The contracting authority is Southend-on-Sea City Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34000000, 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,470,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2026 to 04/11/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **ARRIVA KENT THAMESIDE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-40406`
  - Value: £1,457,118 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 08/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040661-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-09T11:47:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:42:49.210Z
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