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Award of De Minimis Bus Contracts

Leicestershire County Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
Leicestershire County Council
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
Leicester
Contract value
Not stated by buyer
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
16 July 2025

Procurement

Contract period
17 July 2025 - 16 March 2026
8 months
Procedure type
Direct award
CPV classifications
  • 60100000 Road transport services

What happened

Leicestershire County Council awarded this contract to CENTREBUS LIMITED | CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED | Kinchbus Limited worth £331,024 on 16 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 16 Mar 2026.

Description

Award of De Minimis Bus Contracts.

Award of a number of subsidy contracts. These contracts are exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 regulations as they are awarded on a De Minimis basis as provided for under 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 £600,000 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 year with any single operator.

Awarded suppliers (3)

Suppliers
  • CENTREBUS LIMITED
  • CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED
  • Kinchbus Limited
Companies House: 03872099
Award value
£331,024
Award date
16 July 2025

Contact

Address
County Hall, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Identifiers

Buyer reference
DN782811
Notice ID
040548-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05605f

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