Bus Service Renewal
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Transport for Greater Manchester (was GMPTE)
- Value
- 780,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Public-service buses
- Published
- 26 June 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The University of Salford has agreed to partner with Transport for Greater Manchester to provide a bus service that is required to support our students and staff, running between Adelphi Street/Oldfield Road to Media City, cover all three university campuses (Peel Park, Frederick Road and Media City Campus). The service would be for a Monday to Friday 52 weeks of the year and until 9pm and from the first bus in the morning at 4am. The 50 and 51 bus is a service that covers all key areas and is a service that our students, staff and visitors use and TfGM are the sole provider of this service. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published26 June 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date26 June 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date31 July 2029in 3 years
About the buyer
University of Salford is a higher education institution in Salford, running a formal, structured procurement process across its schools and services. Open competitive tenders are advertised through the university's InTend portal and on Contracts Finder. Commodity purchases run through consortium frameworks such as the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium. Formal routes to market include RFQs, invitations to tender and structured supplier onboarding. Every tender carries minimum scoring for social value, sustainability and equity, diversity and inclusion. Suppliers onboarded this way invoice against a university-issued purchase order under its no purchase order, no pay policy.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Salford's contract awards have been in software and information systems, construction work and education and training.
Relevant CPV codes
- 34121100 · Public-service buses
- 60172000 · Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-salford.gov |
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