Find a Tender · Historical
Supported Bus Services
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 2 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Cumberland Council is awarding contracts for the operation of Supported Bus Services.
These services form a critical element of Cumberland's transport network, ensuring continued provision of bus services where the commercial operation is not viable and supporting access for people to employment, education, healthcare and essential services across both urban and rural communities.
Cumberland Council has a proactive role in shaping the local bus network, supported by government investment through Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding and also the Local Authority Bus Grant (LABG) funding.
The council tendered for 15 bus routes. The Invitation to Tender (ITT) advised that due to funding constraints, not all services could be supported. As also advised in the ITT, following evaluation of tenders against the published award criteria, services were prioritised based on an assessment of tendered costs and current passenger usage data to calculate an estimated subsidy cost per passenger journey. Routes providing the best value for money were prioritised for award within the available budget.
Following this, contracts are to be awarded to one provider for 11 routes, for a term of 12 months (with no extension periods available). Contracts will not be awarded for 4 routes.
The overall value of the 11 contracts is £2,531,347 excluding VAT.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 60000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
7 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 23 Mar 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 23 March 2026.
Release 026313-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 13 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 13 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 044036-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 13 May 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 13 May 2026. Stated change: Time and date for the session included.
Release 044072-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 20 May 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 20 May 2026. Stated change: time of event amended.
Release 046592-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 31 Jul 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 31 July 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Fri 28 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST.
Release 072576-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 3 Aug 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 3 August 2026. Stated change: Overall contract value was incorrectly stated on the original notice Estimated lot values have been adjusted as appropriate in regard to the overall contract value
Deadline in this release: Fri 28 Aug 2026, 10:00 BST.
Release 073156-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 2 Oct 2026Notice
Notice published 2 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 093192-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-067184
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Fri 9 Oct 2026, 08:16 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 04:06 GMT
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