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Combined authority bus services tenders from UK public buyers

Combined authority bus services tenders open now: 2. In the 12 months to 23 October 2026, UK public buyers published 42 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Arriva Durham County on 18 Sep 2026.

Checked against primary sources3 sources linked below

Combined authority bus services tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 42 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which buyers publish the most bus services for combined authority buyers notices?

Tees Valley Combined Authority, with 18 notices of 42 in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.

  1. Tees Valley Combined Authority18
  2. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority7
  3. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority6
  4. West Midlands Combined Authority5
  5. West Yorkshire Combined Authority2
  6. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority1
  7. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Group1
  8. The West of England Combined Authority1

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 42 notices in the window, read 23 October 2026.

How many bus services for combined authority buyers notices are published each month?

About 3 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was April 2026, with 9.

3 of the 10 bus services for combined authority buyers notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (30%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Contract18
Award17
Tender5
Planning2
Stage as the source records it, of 42 notices in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0000
£25,000 to £100,0003
£100,000 to £500,0003
£500,000 to £2 million2
£2 million or more2
Only the 10 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won bus services for combined authority buyers contracts recently?

Stephensons of Essex Ltd won 4 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 18 Sep 2026, Tees Valley Combined Authority recorded an award to Arriva Durham County for “TVCA-PROC-0820 - Supported Bus Services”, at a recorded value of £1,242,369.

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SupplierAward notices won
Stephensons of Essex Ltd4
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LIMITED3
Arriva Durham County1
Centrebus Limited1
Chaserider Buses Ltd1
Cleveland Transit Ltd1
DIAMOND BUS (EAST MIDLANDS) LTD1
DIAMOND BUS LIMITED1
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 35 of 35 award and contract notices in the window. Confirmed award records only. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as combined authority bus services tenders here?

Bus services tenders published by combined authority buyers: the same title rule as the UK-wide bus services hub, kept to notices whose buyer the combined authority tenders hub recognises by name. Notices from other buyers with the same subject are on the bus services hub; the combined authority hub lists every subject.

Classified

This hub is chosen by buyer or place, which the catalogue does not describe, so it uses no classification.

Matched by text

The buyer's name contains one of: bus services, bus service, bus routes, public transport, combined authority. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.
  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.
  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.
  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

Read the buyer’s own notice before you spend a day on any of these.

Track combined authority bus services tenders in one workspace

  1. 2 notices open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.
  2. Tees Valley Combined Authority published 18 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 42 in the last 12 months.
  3. Stephensons of Essex Ltd won 4 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 35 award and contract notices read for this hub.
  4. About 3 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 42 in the 12-month window.

Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many combined authority bus services tenders are open now?
2 notices with a stated deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, all matched by text. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
23 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
23 October 2025 to 23 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not used for this hub
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

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