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Bus Service Renewal

University of Salford · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 16:12.

Opportunity overview

The University of Salford has agreed to partner with Transport for Greater Manchester to provide a bus service that is required to support our students and staff, running between Adelphi Street/Oldfield Road to Media City, cover all three university campuses (Peel Park, Frederick Road and Media City Campus). The service would be for a Monday to Friday 52 weeks of the year and until 9pm and from the first bus in the morning at 4am. The 50 and 51 bus is a service that covers all key areas and is a service that our students, staff and visitors use and TfGM are the sole provider of this service.

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.

Transport for Greater Manchester

Matched by normalised name
Published award value
£780k
Awarded
25 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PNJQ-2746-NWYT
Location
Manchester, UKD33, M1 3BG, 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-06be06
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University of Salford
Id
GB-CHC-RC000666

Identifier

Scheme
GB-CHC
Id
RC000666

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDHR-3751-QPQR

Address

Street Address
43 The Crescent
Locality
Salford
Postal Code
M5 4WT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD34

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Transport for Greater Manchester
Id
GB-PPON-PNJQ-2746-NWYT

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNJQ-2746-NWYT

Address

Street Address
2 Piccadilly Place
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M1 3BG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Date
26 Jun 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
34121100
Description
Public-service buses
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
60172000
Description
Hire of buses and coaches with driver

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
780,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNJQ-2746-NWYT
Name
Transport for Greater Manchester

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2029, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
060290-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 Jun 2026, 12:21
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
8 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Salford · UKD34 · M5 4WT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 060267-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 060290-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·