Oasis Shuttle Bus 2025
Details
- Supplier(s)
4 suppliers
- Diamond Bus (North West) Limited
- FIRST MANCHESTER LIMITED
- Go North West
- Stagecoach Manchester Ltd
- Value
- £280,000
- Topic
- Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
- Published
- 22 April 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
TfGM invited Operators to provide bids to operate buses from Manchester city centre to Heaton Park to support the ingress and egress to Oasis Concerts. On 11, 12, 19 and 20 July, the concert capacity will be 72,500. On the 16th this will be reduced to 50,000.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date11 July 2025
- Completed: Contract expiry date20 July 2025
- Completed: Award published22 April 2026Current 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.
| Contact name | 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 |
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