Contracting Authorities

Contracting authority:

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Public Procurement Organisation Number:

PDNG-8971-ZVCR

Address:

Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport
Darlington
DL2 1NJ
UK

Contact name:

Procurement

Email:

procurement@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

Telephone:

Not provided

Website:

Not provided

Organisation type:

REGIONAL_AUTHORITY

Devolved regulations that apply:

None

Procedure

Procedure type:

Below threshold - without competition

Tenders received:

0

Tenders assessed:

0

Tenders from SMEs:

0

Tenders from VCSEs:

0

Special regime:

None

Scope

Title:

TVCA-PROC-0772 - Extension to Bus Service 10

Reference number:

TVCA-PROC-0772

Description:

Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of an extension to bus service 10. 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 £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 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.

This contract is to be awarded to Arriva since they are the commercial operator of Bus Service 10. This service is a daytime extension of a current Arriva route to provide connectivity to Sadberge and surrounding villages as a mitigation of Tees Flex being withdrawn.

For transparency the contract was signed on 7th April due to delays with TVCA legal sign off.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://teesvalley.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1030891443

Contract value:

Not provided

Contract Details

Contract 1

Title:

Not provided

Reference number:

Not provided

Contract value:

GBP 105,096 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold:

Yes

Award decision date:

11/03/2026

Earliest date the contract will be signed:

27/03/2026

Contract dates (estimated):

30/03/2026 to 18/07/2026

Main procurement category:

SERVICES

CPV classifications:

60112000 - Public road transport services.

Delivery regions:

Not provided

Supplier

Supplier:

Arriva Durham County

Companies House:

02404350

Address:

1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park
Sunderland
SR3 3XP
UK

Email:

mcgowanr@arriva.co.uk

Telephone:

Not provided

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):

No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):

No

Key performance indicators:

Not provided

Associated documents:

Not provided

Other organisations

Not provided