01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Tees Valley Combined Authority
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 19 January 2026
Description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (the 'Contracting Authority'), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group are seeking to reprocure Supported Bus Services across the Tees Valley region. Within this tender, the services below are separated into lots. Each lot has a separate financial threshold. Contracts have been awarded under each Lot. For transparency, the contracts for all Lots have been signed between 25th February 2026 and 13th April 2026 due to delays with TVCA's signing process. 1: Darlington Services - 16, 17 & 18 2: Darlington and Stockton Services - 6 & 6a 3: Hartlepool Services - 3 & 3A 4: Middlesbrough Service - Covering Evenings, Sundays, and daytime provision to Cypress Road & Nunthorpe (Currently provided under Service 29) 5: Middlesbrough Service - 13 & 13B 6: Middlesbrough Service – RP1, covering Riverside Park 7: Middlesbrough Service – 35 8: Redcar & Cleveland Services - 1 & 2 9: Stockton and Hartlepool services - X40 & X41 10: Hartlepool Service 11: Darlington & Stockton Service
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
Darlington Services - 16, 17 & 18
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £165,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Hartlepool – New Service linking Elwick and Dalton Piercy with Hartlepool Sixth Form and Hartlepool Town Centre
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £110,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Darlington & Stockton – New Service linking Stillington, Whitton, Carlton, Redmarshall, Great Stainton to North Tees Hospital, Roseworth Tesco and Stockton High Street
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £110,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Darlington and Stockton Services - 6 & 6a
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £322,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Hartlepool Services - 3 & 3A
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £75,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Middlesbrough Service - Covering Evenings, Sundays, and daytime provision to Cypress Road & Nunthorpe (Currently provided under Service 29)
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £110,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Middlesbrough Service - 13 & 13B
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £72,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 February 2026
Middlesbrough Service – RP1, covering Riverside Park
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £118,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Stockton Service – 35
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £91,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Redcar & Cleveland Services - 1 & 2
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £246,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
Stockton and Hartlepool services - X40 & X41
- Awarded
- 30 January 2026
- Award value
- £231,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 27 March 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Teesside Airport Business Suite, Teesside International Airport, Darlington, UKC13, DL2 1NJ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDNG-8971-ZVCRARRIVA DURHAM COUNTY
1 Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, UKC23, SR3 3XP, United Kingdom
Cleveland Transit Ltd
Cleveland Transit Limited, One Stockport Exchange, 20 Railway Road, Stockport, UKD35, SK1 3SW, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PPHT-3734-NQVHCompanies 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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