Opportunity overview
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) supports the provision of an extensive passenger transport network across the West Midlands, both in fulfilment of statutory duties and to enable access to facilities and services. Current Subsidised Bus Contracts expiring on 1st November 2025 and 3rd January 2026 need to be re-procured in order to ensure the routes contained within each contract remain operational. There are fourteen (14) contracts in total that are being tendered. Please note the value of the procurement published is the total aggregrated value of all fourteen (14) contracts. Please also note there are two (2) contract commencement dates within this round of bus tenders. The soonest contract start date of 2nd November 2025 has been entered into this notice, however, there are contracts that will commence 4th January 2026. Full details of contract terms can be found within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Awarded to
Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.
Diamond Bus Ltd
- Published award value
- £2.8m
- Awarded
- 21 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 3
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02531054
- Location
- Oldbury, UKG37, B69 3HW, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £1.2m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 1
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £303.7k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 10
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £1.5m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 11
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £1m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 12
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
Chaserider Buses Limited
- Published award value
- £1.4m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 13
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 13309223
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, UKG23, ST3 5BW, United Kingdom
Diamond Bus Ltd
- Published award value
- £1.9m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 14
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02531054
- Location
- Oldbury, UKG37, B69 3HW, United Kingdom
Chaserider Buses Limited
- Published award value
- £988.9k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 2
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 13309223
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, UKG23, ST3 5BW, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £2.3m
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 4
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £965.1k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 5
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £263.7k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 6
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £68.6k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 7
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £70.9k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 8
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
West Midlands Travel Limited
- Published award value
- £114.8k
- Awarded
- 20 Aug 2025
- Award ID
- 9
- Status
- active
- Identifier
- GB-COH 02652253
- Location
- Birmingham, UKG31, B9 4BZ, United Kingdom
Classification
- CPV34121100 — Public-service buses
- CPV60000000 — Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lots
- Lot 1£20.1m · Including VAT
Documents and notices
- Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
- Contract award notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
- Tender notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗