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Published 27 Jan 2026, 15:43 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DRT Pilot Scheme - Purchase of Used Buses

Official notice

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)

Direct award
Awarded value£134,400published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Mistral Specialist Vehicles

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of two Used buses for the Demand Response Transport pilot Scheme

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Jan 2026, 15:43 GMT
Last source update
27 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-007263
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060ffc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
Published justification

Specialist used vehicles sought and available for purchase within the budget available.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Jan 2026, 15:43 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Jan 2026, 16:17 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    27 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £134,4001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Mistral Specialist Vehicles28 Jan 2026 – 27 Feb 2026£134,4001 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Westmorland and Furness Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYYD-1758-YNVR South Lakeland House, Kendal, North West, LA9 4DQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender