TVCA-PROC-0820 - Supported Bus Services
Estimated value
—
Awarded value
£14.2m
Suppliers
16
Lots
19
Published
30 Jun 2026
Description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group are seeking to reprocure Supported Bus Services across the Tees Valley region. Within this tender, the services are separated into Lots. Providers can bid on as few or as many lots as they deem appropriate. A maximum budget of £15,049,000 is available to deliver these contracts including the utilisation of all options to extend.
Scope
- Reference
- TVCA-PROC-0820
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 26 Sept 2026 to 25 May 2028Possible extension to 29 Sept 2029
From Monday 28th September 26 up to and including Saturday 25th March 2028. Optional Extension of one year from Monday 27th March 2028 – Saturday 31st March 2029, with a further optional extension of an additional 6m from Monday 2nd April 2029 – Saturday 29th September 2029. NB – Sunday and evening extensions to the service are subject to Darlington Borough Council’s continued support.
- CPV classifications
- 60112000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Quality Questions | quality | 40.00% |
| Social Value | Social Value | quality | 20.00% |
| Price | Pricing Schedule | price | 40.00% |
| Quality | Quality | quality | 40.00% |
| Price | Price | price | 40.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details· 19 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
£930k
Award date
25 Jun 2026
Contract start
27 Sept 2026
Contract end
25 Mar 2027
Lots · 19 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darlington Services 16, 17 & 18 | £930k | complete |
| 2 | Darlington and Stockton Services - 6 & 6a | £2.0m | complete |
| 3 | Hartlepool Services - 3 & 3A | £429k | complete |
| 4 | Middlesbrough Service - Cypress Road & Nunthorpe (Currently provided under Service 29) | £740k | complete |
| 5 | Middlesbrough Service - 13 & 13B | £505k | complete |