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Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Offer Initiatives First Bus

West of England Combined Authority · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 04:37.

Opportunity overview

This contract will cover the Care Leavers and Youth Guarantee Fare Offer schemes with this supplier More information on Care Leavers can be found here: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/free-bus-travel-extended-for-care-leavers-in-the-west/ And on the Youth Guarantee here: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/free-bus-travel-extended-for-care-leavers-in-the-west/

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.

FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£962.3k
Awarded
18 Jun 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 00025088
Location
Bristol, UKK11, BS5 0DZ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05504d
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) permits direct awards to be made in certain circumstances. The relevant justification is contained in Paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Act which states: "The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Each of the bus operators has been awarded competitively tendered bus routes which they have exclusive rights to operate so that both limbs (a) and (b) are satisfied.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PGWR-9284-XMRY
Name
West of England Combined Authority

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS16LS
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
70 Redcliffe Street, Redcliffe

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PGWR-9284-XMRY
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-00025088
Name
FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS5 0DZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Enterprise House

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
00025088
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PZGT-3998-YBXQ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
19 Jun 2025, 00:00
Title
Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Offer Initiatives First Bus
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 10
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 11
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 12
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 13
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 14
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 15
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 16
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 17
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 18
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
34980000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Transport tickets
Entry 2
Id
63512000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Sale of travel tickets and package tours services

Value

Currency
GBP
Including VAT
962,291.87

Documents

Entry 1
Id
033830-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
19 Jun 2025, 16:35
Entry 2
Id
033834-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
19 Jun 2025, 16:41

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00025088
Name
FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Jul 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
30 Jun 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK11 · BS16LS · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05504d-2025-06-19T16:41:28+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·