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title: "Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Offer Initiatives First Bus"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05504d"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY"
published: "2025-06-19"
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# Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Offer Initiatives First Bus

Buyer: WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05504d

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## Summary

The West of England Combined Authority has awarded a contract for the "Bus Grant Fares and Ticketing - Fare Offer Initiatives First Bus" project, with a focus on delivering the Care Leavers and Youth Guarantee Fare Offer schemes. The contracting authority, a sub-central government public authority, is headquartered in Bristol. The procurement method was a direct award, as permitted under UK law due to exclusive supplier rights. This contract, valued at approximately £962,291.87, covers service categories including transport tickets, with the project spanning from 1st July 2025 to 31st March 2026. Key activities will be delivered across multiple UK regions, ensuring a broad reach for these initiatives.

This tender offers substantial business growth opportunities for enterprises capable of providing transport and ticketing services, particularly those adept at managing fare schemes tailored to specific community demographics. Businesses holding exclusive rights or intellectual property in transportation services are well-positioned to benefit from such contracts. Engaging with this kind of procurement can enable firms to enhance their service offerings, especially in the public transport sector, and to explore future projects that promote societal benefits through public transport accessibility.

## Notice

This contract will cover the Care Leavers and Youth Guarantee Fare Offer schemes with this supplier More information on Care Leavers can be found here: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/free-bus-travel-extended-for-care-leavers-in-the-west/ And on the Youth Guarantee here: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/free-bus-travel-extended-for-care-leavers-in-the-west/

### Procurement Information

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) permits direct awards to be made in certain circumstances. The relevant justification is contained in Paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Act which states: "The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Each of the bus operators has been awarded competitively tendered bus routes which they have exclusive rights to operate so that both limbs (a) and (b) are satisfied.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033834-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £962,291 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS1 6LS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FIRST WEST OF ENGLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 34980000 - Transport tickets
- 63512000 - Sale of travel tickets and package tours services

## Release History

- 19 Jun 2025 at 15:41 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033834-2025
- 19 Jun 2025 at 15:35 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033830-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033834-2025
  19th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033830-2025
  19th June 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://firstbus.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/free-bus-travel-extended-for-care-leavers-in-the-west/

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