Notice Information
Notice Title
Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a
Notice Description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a (S106 funded). 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 PS600,000 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. The contract start date is 4th May 2025, however the notice cannot be published retrospectively. The contract was signed on 15th September 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0bf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031722-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK11 - Contract Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - without competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60112000 - Public road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £81,883 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Apr 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Sep 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Sep 2025 - 28 Mar 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Terminated
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARLINGTON
- Postcode
- DL2 1NJ
- Post Town
- Darlington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC33 Darlington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Darlington
- Electoral Ward
- Sadberge & Middleton St George
- Westminster Constituency
- Stockton West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031722-2026
8th April 2026 - Contract termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059130-2025
24th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-05a0bf-2026-04-08T09:22:19+01:00",
"date": "2026-04-08T09:22:19+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05a0bf",
"initiationType": "tender",
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-PPON-PDNG-8971-ZVCR",
"name": "Tees Valley Combined Authority",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-PPON",
"id": "PDNG-8971-ZVCR"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport",
"locality": "Darlington",
"postalCode": "DL2 1NJ",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKC13"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"classifications": [
{
"id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
"scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
"description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-COH-02546698",
"name": "CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD.",
"identifier": {
"scheme": "GB-COH",
"id": "02546698"
},
"additionalIdentifiers": [
{
"scheme": "GB-PPON",
"id": "PPHT-3734-NQVH"
}
],
"address": {
"streetAddress": "One Stockport Exchange",
"locality": "Stockport",
"postalCode": "SK1 3SW",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UKD35"
},
"contactPoint": {
"email": "business.development@stagecoach.com"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"url": "http://www.stagecoachbus.com",
"scale": "large",
"vcse": false
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-PPON-PDNG-8971-ZVCR",
"name": "Tees Valley Combined Authority"
},
"tender": {
"id": "TVCA-PROC-0604",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "2023/54",
"scheme": "UKPGA",
"uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
},
"title": "Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a",
"description": "Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a (S106 funded). 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 PS600,000 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. The contract start date is 4th May 2025, however the notice cannot be published retrospectively. The contract was signed on 15th September 2025.",
"status": "complete",
"procurementMethod": "direct",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Below threshold - without competition",
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"status": "complete"
}
]
},
"awards": [
{
"id": "1",
"status": "active",
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-COH-02546698",
"name": "CLEVELAND TRANSIT LTD."
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "60112000",
"description": "Public road transport services"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UKC1",
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"relatedLots": [
"1"
]
}
],
"contracts": [
{
"id": "1",
"awardID": "1",
"title": "Enhancements to Darlington Bus Service 6/6a",
"status": "terminated",
"period": {
"startDate": "2025-09-25T00:00:00+01:00",
"endDate": "2026-03-28T23:59:59Z"
},
"value": {
"amountGross": 98259.6,
"amount": 81883,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"aboveThreshold": false,
"dateSigned": "2025-09-24T00:00:00+01:00",
"documents": [
{
"id": "059130-2025",
"documentType": "contractNotice",
"noticeType": "UK7",
"description": "Contract details notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059130-2025",
"datePublished": "2025-09-24T10:37:41+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
},
{
"id": "031722-2026",
"documentType": "contractTerminationNotice",
"noticeType": "UK11",
"description": "Contract termination notice on Find a Tender",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031722-2026",
"datePublished": "2026-04-08T09:22:19+01:00",
"format": "text/html"
}
],
"terminationRationaleClassifications": [
{
"id": "contractCompleted"
}
],
"implementation": {
"endDate": "2026-03-28T00:00:00Z",
"finalValue": {
"amountGross": 98259.6,
"amount": 81883,
"currency": "GBP"
}
}
}
],
"language": "en"
}