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North Somerset Supported Bus Services Batch 2 (Lot 3)
Authority: North Somerset Council
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (60000000)
Published contract value£1,434,645Exc. VAT
Contract ends 28 Aug 2027
Awarded to First West of England Limited
Contract starts 30 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe council required a bus operator to operate each of the following supported bus service contracts in North Somerset from 30 August 2026:
- Bus Service 7 (ref: NSC-0795-26) - Worle to Locking Parklands (early mornings, evenings and daytime extension to Locking Parklands) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £431,017)
- Bus Service U2 (ref: NSC-0796-26) - Langford Veterinary College to Weston-super-Mare (Monday to Saturday) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £353,999)
- Bus Service X4 (ref: NSC-0797-26) - Bristol to Portishead (Monday to Sunday early mornings and evenings) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £329,028)
- Bus Service X6 (ref: NSC-0798-26) - Bristol to Clevedon (Monday to Saturday early mornings and evenings, plus Sunday and Public Holidays) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £251,601)
- Bus Service X14 (ref: NSC-0799-26) - Bristol to Weston-super-Mare (Friday and Saturday late nights) - awarded to First West of England (annual contract value: £69,000)
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- NSOMS001-DN816879-15976542
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Open
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- South West, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision10 Aug 2026
- Notice published10 Aug 2026
- Contract starts30 Aug 2026
- Contract ends28 Aug 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- North Somerset CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- First West of England LimitedSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-8cf9676e-8745-418d-b31e-eb7ea0f987c7-2026-08-10T14:50:38+01:00
- Published
- 10 Aug 2026
- Latest update
- 10 Aug 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-8cf9676e-8745-418d-b31e-eb7ea0f987c7
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-8cf9676e-8745-418d-b31e-eb7ea0f987c7-1