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TVCA-PROC-0772 - Extension to Bus Service 10

Tees Valley Combined Authority · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 23:47.

Opportunity overview

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)(the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, are looking to award a contract for the provision of extension to bus service 10. Award of De Minimis bus transport subsidy contract in line with the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. Local authorities or Passenger Transport Authorities/Executives with 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. This contract is to be awarded to Arriva since they are the commercial operator of Bus Service 10. This service is a daytime extension of a current Arriva route to provide connectivity to Sadberge and surrounding villages as a mitigation of Tees Flex being withdrawn.

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.

Arriva Durham County

Matched by normalised name
Published award value
£87.6k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Location
Sunderland, UKC23, SR3 3XP, 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
TVCA-PROC-0772
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Address

Street Address
Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport
Locality
Darlington
Postal Code
DL2 1NJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC13

Contact

Name
Procurement

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Arriva Durham County
Id
GB-FTS-176793

Address

Street Address
1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park
Locality
Sunderland
Postal Code
SR3 3XP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC23

Contact

Name
Richard McGowan

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
60112000
Description
Public road transport services

Value

Including VAT
105,096
Amount
87,580
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-176793
Name
Arriva Durham County

Contract period

Starts
30 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
18 Jul 2026, 23:59
Max Extent Date
26 Sept 2026, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is the option to extend for an additional 2 months. The contract value for the initial contract period is £53,360. If the option to extend is utilised, then the estimated price for the extension is £34,220.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
021487-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Mar 2026, 16:24
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
20 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Darlington · UKC13 · DL2 1NJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 021487-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·