Expired contract

Co-Op Live Shuttle Buses 2025

Details

Buyer: Transport for Greater Manchester
Supplier(s): Diamond Bus (North West) Limited, R.S Tyrer
Value: £58,780
Duration: 2 months
Topic: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Published: 22 April 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Co-op Live is the largest indoor Arena in Europe, with over 150 events every year. Situated on the Etihad Campus, Metrolink provides a fast frequent service to the city centre on the Blue Line. During summer, there was planned engineering in the city centre which will see a reduction to the Metrolink capacity on the Blue Line. To mitigate the reduced capacity, TfGM will provide a post-event shuttle. Operators were invited to provide bids to operate buses from Co-op Live to Piccadilly Gardens.

Timeline

Completed: Award date7 June 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date28 July 2025
Completed: Award published22 April 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Transport for Greater Manchester is the local transport body behind the Bee Network, buying with its own team of CIPS-qualified procurement professionals. Tenders are advertised on ProContract, the organisation's own e-tendering portal. Larger opportunities are published as Pipeline Notices on Find a Tender, with older award notices held on Contracts Finder. Established frameworks, run either externally or in-house, cover much of what TfGM buys for ease and speed. Bus contracts follow a separate route, procured through the Bee Network's bus franchising model. Suppliers can reach the procurement team directly by email for guidance on bidding.

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 Transport for Greater Manchester's contract awards have been in business services, transport services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

60170000 · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@transport-for-greater-manchester.gov