Awarded contract

ESCC - DE - Public Bus Route B24428

Details

Value
88,464
Duration
5 years
Topic
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Published
6 November 2025

Tender description

This is a Mini-Competition being run under the SCC/ESCC/WSCC Public Bus DPS. Requirement for a further bus service to provide relief capacity to service 28 operated by Brighton & Hove Buses, for the needs of King's Academy pupils. This contract is for school service 428 and operated from Hailsham to Kings Academy, Ringmer Secondary School. Operators may submit alternative timetable and service options but must also submit a price based on the timetable. This contract is subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council Public Bus DPS. This contract will run for 12 month from 6 January 2025 to 28 March 2026 subject to two possible extensions to 22 April 2028 and 20 April 2030.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date31 August 2025
  2. Completed: Award published6 November 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date20 April 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

East Sussex County Council buys as a local government organisation through Orbis Procurement, a shared service with Surrey County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. Contracts above a set value are advertised on the Proactis Supplier Network, the council's main tenders site. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender service. Purchase orders and payments run through SAP, the council's purchase-to-pay system, with suppliers paid by BACS. Procurement sits in three categories, People, Place, and Corporate, IT and Governance, each with its own Procurement Partner. An Orbis Joint Committee oversees the partnership's shared procurement service.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of East Sussex County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 60000000 · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

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