Exempt Award of De Minimis Bus Subsidy Contracts 2025 2026

A Contract Award Notice
by LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £30K-£331K

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 28 Jul 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 3 suppliers

1 buyer

Leicestershire County Council Leicester

3 suppliers

Centrebus Leicester
Central Connect Transport Nottingham
Kinchbus Heanor

Description

Award of a number of subsidy contracts. These contracts are exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 regulations as they are awarded on a De Minimis basis as provided for under the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. Local authorities or Passenger Transport Authorities/Executives with forecast expenditure on bus service subsidies in any one year of £600,000 or more will be able to spend up to 25% of this on de minimis contracts; within this 25% there is no limit on the expenditure in any year with any single operator.

Award Detail

1	Centrebus (Leicester) De Minimis subsidy for service 154 (M-F and Sun). Contract numbers 0632 - 0643 (Mon - Fri) and 0644-0646 (Sun) Reference: 1 Value: £331,024
2	Central Connect Transport (Nottingham) De Minimis subsidy for service 93. Contract number 0624-0631 Reference: 2 Value: £30,000
3	Kinchbus (Heanor) De Minimis subsidy for service 2. Contract number 0648-0649. Reference: 3 Value: £31,185

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

Award of a number of De Minimis transport subsidy contracts to support existing transport infrastructure in Leicestershire. Awarded to transport providers who are already delivering services registered with the Transport Commissioner. Each service is registered to a single supplier therefore there is no open competition available. These contracts are exempt from the Procurement Act 2023 regulations as they are awarded on a De Minimis basis as provided for under the Transport Act and Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. Local authorities or Passenger Transport Authorities/Executives with forecast expenditure on bus service subsidies in any one year of £600,000 or more will be able to spend up to 25% of this on de minimis contracts; within this 25% there is no limit on the expenditure in any year with any single operator.