AwardedAwarded 9 March 2026
TVCA-PROC-0718 Redcar Bus Service 3
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
Tees Valley Combined Authority awarded transport work to Arriva Durham County on 9 March 2026.
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What the notice says
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA)(the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, have awarded a contract for the provision of Redcar Bus Service 3.
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.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Arriva Durham County | £25,015 | Awarded 25 November 2025 29 March 2026 to 18 July 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Transparency notice · UK5, notice 014701-2026
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 014807-2026
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 026615-2026
- Contract change notice · UK10, notice 066476-2026
Last time this was bought
TVCA-PROC-0731 - Supported Bus Services
- Awarded
- 27 March 2026
- Value
- Not stated, or split across lots
- Contract ends
- 18 July 2026
Matched on Tees Valley Combined Authority, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
220Awards
125Suppliers it has used most for transport
- Arriva Durham County5 contracts
- Cleveland Transit Ltd4 contracts
- Dean Taxis t/a Arrow Cars1 contract
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From notice 014701-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 18 February 2026, last updated 14 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.