01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Leicestershire County Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
NOTE: This notice replaces notice identifier reference 2025/S 000-043527 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.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
De Minimis subsidy for service 154 (M-F and Sun). Contract numbers 0632 - 0643 (Mon - Fri) and 0644-0646 (Sun)
- Awarded
- 15 July 2025
- Award value
- £331,024
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 24 July 2025
De Minimis subsidy for service 93. Contract number 0624-0631
- Awarded
- 15 July 2025
- Award value
- £30,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 15 July 2025
De Minimis subsidy for service 2. Contract number 0648-0649.
- Awarded
- 15 July 2025
- Award value
- £31,185
- Suppliers
- 2
- Signed contract
- 15 July 2025
Award of De Minimis Bus Subsidy Contracts 2025 2026
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 24 July 2025
Award of De Minimis Bus Subsidy Contracts 2025 2026
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 15 July 2025
Award of De Minimis Bus Subsidy Contracts 2025 2026
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 15 July 2025
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester, UKF22, LE3 8RA, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PNHT-9235-VXDVCENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED
29 Arboretum Street, Nottingham, UKF14, NG1 4JA, United Kingdom
Companies House 09964786 →Central Connect Transport Ltd
29 Arboretum Street, Nottingham, UKF14, NG1 4JA, United Kingdom
CENTREBUS LIMITED
43 Wenlock Way, Leicester, UKF21, LE4 9HU, United Kingdom
Companies House 03872099 →Kinchbus Limited
Mansfield Road, Heanor, UKF13, DE75 7BG, United Kingdom
Kinchbus Ltd
Mansfield Road, Heanor, UKF13, DE75 7BG, United Kingdom
Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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