Route N38 bus service contract award | ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 9 Oct 2026, 11:36.

Opportunity overview

QC98105

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 London North

Matched by normalised name

Contract value: £1.5m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 21 Sept 2026
Award ID: 095508-2026-1
Status: active
Location: London, UKI, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV60112000 — Public road transport services

Lots

Provision of bus service route N38 for 3 years. Please note, costs posted on Find a Tender Service sometimes differ from those on the internet, this is due to post award negotiation.Value not stated

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: QC98105
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0025
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 60112000
Description: Public road transport services

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: Provision of bus service route N38 for 3 years. Please note, costs posted on Find a Tender Service sometimes differ from those on the internet, this is due to post award negotiation.
Has Options: Yes
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Type: price

Options

Description: Term of the agreement can be extended at the discretion of the contracting entity.

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKI

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED
Id: GB-FTS-175083

Identifier

Legal Name: LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: 5 Endeavour Square
Locality: London
Region: UKI
Postal Code: E201JN
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Richard Rampton
Email: contracts.tendering@tfl.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: http://www.tfl.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CE_ACTIVITY
Id: URBAN_RAILWAY_TRAMWAY_TROLLEYBUS_BUS_SERVICES
Description: Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services

Organisation 2

Name: Arriva London North
Id: GB-FTS-148127

Identifier

Legal Name: Arriva London North
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Locality: London
Region: UKI
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: Transport for London
Id: GB-FTS-6187

Identifier

Legal Name: Transport for London

Address

Locality: London
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 095508-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-148127
Name: Arriva London North

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 095508-2026-1
Award ID: 095508-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 22 Sept 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 1,493,372
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI · E201JN · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

095508-2026award, contract · 9 Oct 2026, 10:17

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

London Bus Services Limited published an award and contract notice for Route N38 bus services. The notice records ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED as the verified supplier and a GBP 1,493,372 contract linked to award 095508-2026-1, with a recorded signature date of 22 September 2026.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAward and contract notice published; process marked completeEvidence: Process display status is 'awarded', source status is 'complete', and release tags are award and contract.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 095508-2026-1 has status 'active'.
Contract statusActive; signature date recorded as 22 September 2026Evidence: Contract 095508-2026-1 has status 'active' and dateSigned '2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00'.

91% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 095508-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078462
First published: 9 Oct 2026
Last checked: 9 Oct 2026, 11:36
Notice versions reviewed: 1

View Find a Tender notice ↗

HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

A single supplier is named on the active award and active contract record. However, the related lot is separately marked cancelled, creating an unresolved status conflict in the published data.

Market significance

This is a London public road transport services award for Route N38, procured through a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED

96% confidence

Award 095508-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 1493372 GBP · Verified supplier named on active award and contract record

View supporting evidence

Verified company name is ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED (company number 02328559). Award 095508-2026-1 names Arriva London North as its sole supplier; linked contract value is GBP 1,493,372.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

98% confidence

Award and contract notice published; process marked complete

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Process display status is 'awarded', source status is 'complete', and release tags are award and contract.

Award status

96% confidence

Active

View supporting evidence

Award 095508-2026-1 has status 'active'.

Contract status

97% confidence

Active; signature date recorded as 22 September 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract 095508-2026-1 has status 'active' and dateSigned '2026-09-22T00:00:00+01:00'.

Lot status conflict

99% confidence

Cancelled

View supporting evidence

Related lot 1 is marked 'cancelled', despite the linked award and contract being marked active.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

GBP 1,493,372

View supporting evidence

Contract 095508-2026-1 reports value amount 1493372 and currency GBP.

Value allocation

91% confidence

Linked to the single-supplier award; no lot-level value published

View supporting evidence

The contract is linked to award 095508-2026-1, which names one supplier. Lot 1 has no published value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signature date

99% confidence

22 September 2026

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Contract dateSigned is 2026-09-22.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

9 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Process published_at and release date are 2026-10-09T10:17:02+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Provision of bus service – Route N38

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Process title is 'Provision of bus service - Route N38'.

Classification

99% confidence

Public road transport services (CPV 60112000)

View supporting evidence

Primary tender classification is CPV 60112000.

Stated term

79% confidence

3 years, subject to the lot-status conflict

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 description states Route N38 services 'for 3 years', but that lot is marked cancelled.

Delivery region

95% confidence

UKI

View supporting evidence

Tender item delivery address region is UKI.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Selective

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Tender procurementMethod is 'selective'.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

View supporting evidence

Tender procurementMethodDetails states this procedure.

Award criterion

94% confidence

Price

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 award criteria lists price.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Extension option

93% confidence

Extension may be exercised at the contracting entity's discretion

View supporting evidence

Lot options description states that the agreement term can be extended at the contracting entity's discretion.

Contract start and end dates

99% confidence

Not published

View supporting evidence

Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Post-award pricing note

94% confidence

The notice says Find a Tender costs may differ from internet figures because of post-award negotiation.

View supporting evidence

Lot description contains this statement.

Published evaluation detail

96% confidence

Only price is identified; scoring, bids received and award rationale are not published.

View supporting evidence

Lot criteria lists price; no scores, bid counts or rationale are supplied.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

91%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078462
Analysed: 9 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED

View supporting evidence

Buyer party legal name is LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED.

Buyer location

98% confidence

London, United Kingdom

View supporting evidence

Buyer address lists London, UKI, United Kingdom.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED, company number 02328559

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification identifies ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED as the verified company name and 02328559 as the verified company number.

Source trading/name form

98% confidence

Arriva London North

View supporting evidence

The source supplier party and source legal name are recorded as Arriva London North.

Supplier scale

90% confidence

Large

View supporting evidence

Supplier party details specify scale 'large'.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Renewal estimate

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

No explicit contract end date is published, so no renewal timing estimate can be calculated.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Material status inconsistency

99% confidence

The linked lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract are marked active.

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract 095508-2026-1 are active.

Dates and duration

98% confidence

Contract start and end dates are not supplied; the stated three-year term appears only in the cancelled lot description.

View supporting evidence

Process start/end fields are null; lot description states 3 years.

Information not supplied in the published notice

98% confidence

No lot value, bid count, tender deadline, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown or detailed award rationale is provided.

View supporting evidence

Relevant supplied fields are null or absent.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains an unresolved lifecycle conflict: lot 1 is cancelled while its linked award and contract are active.
No contract start date or end date is published, so operational period and renewal timing cannot be established.
The stated three-year term is contained in the cancelled lot record and should not be treated as a confirmed active-term date range.
No individual lot value, tender deadline, bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown or detailed award rationale is supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named as supplier for the Route N38 award?

ARRIVA LONDON NORTH LIMITED is the verified legal supplier name linked to award 095508-2026-1.

What is the published contract value?

The linked contract record reports GBP 1,493,372.

Was the contract signed?

The contract record includes a signature date of 22 September 2026.

Is there a data issue in the notice?

Yes. The award and contract are marked active, while the related lot is marked cancelled.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Provision of bus service - Route N38

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Arriva London North

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Options

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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