Notice Information
Notice Title
North and South Bus Service
Notice Description
The majority of route is within the administrative boundary of Southend-on-Sea City Council with a short section within the administrative boundary of Essex County Council and within London Southend Airport.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for a further 12 months
Planning Information
Southend-on-Sea City Council will be holding an online Teams market engagement event for this service before the last working day in March
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ec58
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073706-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
34121100 - Public-service buses
60100000 - Road transport services
63712400 - Parking services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £900,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £900,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £2,049,225 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,769,225 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Apr 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 22 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 3 Aug 2025 - 30 Aug 2027 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurementops@southend.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHEND ON SEA
- Postcode
- SS2 6FA
- Post Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH31 Southend-on-Sea
- Delivery Location
- TLH31 Southend-on-Sea
-
- Local Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Electoral Ward
- Victoria
- Westminster Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073706-2025
13th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073356-2025
12th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034367-2025
23rd June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021967-2025
15th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018212-2025
30th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009060-2025
12th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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