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Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva Midlands Ltd
Published 21 Oct 2025
21 Oct 2025
- Primary CPV
-
60112000 *
Public road transport services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, East Midlands
- Value
- £493,312
- Contract
-
10 months Duration
30/10/2025 25/08/2026
- Contract Types
-
60 *Transport servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
County Hall, Leicester, LE3 8RA, United Kingdom · UKF2
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
Leicestershire County Council
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
60112000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: DN795007
Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva Midlands Ltd:
Service Number, Name and Contract Value:
8 Hinckley - Lutterworth £162,085.00 p.a.
11 Coalville - Agar Nook £17,741.00 p.a.
12 Coalville - Whitwick £17,741.00 p.a.
15 Coalville - Ibstock £83,494.00 p.a.
27/28 Leicester - Ratby £49,259.00 p.a.
29/29S Leicester-Swad/Coalville - Swad £26,647.00 p.a.
84 Leicester - Lutterworth £38,940.00 p.a.
X84 Rugby - Lutterworth - Leicester £61,165.00 p.a.
153 Leicester - Market Bosworth £36,240.00 p.a.
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.
Full CPV breakdown
- 60112000 — Public road transport services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- No
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Award date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 21 Oct 2025 16:36
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d10f
- Notice ID
- DN795007
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 29 Oct 2025 · Scheduled
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | Leicestershire County Council |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | County Hall |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Leicester |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKF22 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.leics.gov.uk |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Party 2 › Name | ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITED |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | 1 Admiral Way |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Sunderland |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | SR3 3XP |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKC23 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Link | http://arrivabus.co.uk |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | Leicestershire County Council |
Tender
| Title | Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva Midlands Ltd |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Below threshold - without competition |
| Lot › Status | complete |
Awards
| Title | Award of 9 De Minimis public transport subsidy contracts to Arriva Midlands Ltd |
| Status | active |
| Date | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £591,974.10 |
| Value › Value | £493,312 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| Supplier › Name | ARRIVA MIDLANDS LIMITED |
| Item › CPV › Description | Public road transport services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKF2 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Contract period › Start | 30 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period › End | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Contract award notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067242-2025 |
| Document › Published | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |