Awarded contract

First Service 74 bus contract managed by Leicester City Council

Details

Value
£65,001
Duration
1 year
Published
7 September 2026

Tender description

This is a local government agreement where we are subsidises a bus service that runs across into our County area. Without our additional contribution the service will run at a reduced service and may even not cover our County area leaving the County to procure our own services. So this is a contract to contribute to the Leicester City Council's current bus service to keep the service running through our County boundary.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date15 April 2026
  2. Completed: Award published7 September 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date11 April 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council buys as a local authority. Some contracts also run through frameworks set up by outside bodies, including ESPO, and suppliers apply to join those directly. The council itself trades nationally as ESPO, running framework agreements for public bodies nationwide. A two-year procurement plan on the council's open data site lists contracts still to come.

Over the past 5 years, most of Leicestershire County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

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