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CSKL & TPPL Bus Framework 2025

Commercial Services Kent Limited

Estimated Value

£12,500,000 – £115,000,000

Deadline

29 September 2025

Published

16 January 2026

Type

Not specified

South EastGBopen

Overview

CSKL and TPPL invited tenders for organisations to participate in a 48-month closed Framework for the supply of buses and passenger transport services across the UK. Buses and coaches to be supplied shall include, but are not limited to, chassis (converted and unconverted), van conversions, and coach built.

Buses and coaches available shall be for any range/number of seats and with any required fuel type (e.g. petrol, diesel, biodiesel, HVO, electric, hydrogen) and drivetrain. In relation to provision of community and/or passenger transport services.

Contracts awarded under the framework are expected to be for the provision to carry 9 or more passengers. Vehicles used in the provision of services to include minibuses, buses and coaches.

Additional details

Wheelchair accessible variants will be required. Passenger assistants/escorts may be required by Contacting Authorities for some services under lot 5.

The estimated total framework value is £360million inc. VAT.

For the purposes of the required notices this value has been apportioned to the different lots, however, as per the original tender notice the intention is for Framework lot values to be shared with other lots on the framework if necessary. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?not...

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Award Details

ALLIED VEHICLES LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

Bamford Bus Company Ltd

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

CITROEN U.K. LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

Harris Maxus UK

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

ILESBUS . UK LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

MOTUS Group (UK) Limited

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

NORTHSIDE TRUCK & VAN LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

PEUGEOT MOTOR COMPANY PLC

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£12,500,000

ADVANCED KFS SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

CAR VAN & MINIBUS WORLD LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

CARTWRIGHT VEHICLE CONVERSIONS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

COMPLETE VEHICLE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

COURTSIDE CONVERSIONS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

EVM DIRECT LTD.

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

GM COACHWORK LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

GOWRINGS MOBILITY GROUP LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

MINIBUS OPTIONS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

OVERLANDER VEHICLES LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

STANFORD COACH WORKS & MOBILITY SERVICES LTD

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

TAXI & BUS CONVERSION LIMITED - T/A TBC Conversions

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

TREKA BUS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

DAIMLER BUSES UK LTD

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

MELLOR BUS LTD

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES), LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£115,000,000

BYD (U.K.) CO., LTD.

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£37,500,000

HARRIS BUS AND COACH

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£37,500,000

IRIZAR U.K. LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£37,500,000

Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bussar Aktiebolag)

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£37,500,000

ERS TRANSITION - TRADING AS EMED GROUP LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£20,000,000

HATS Group Ltd

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£20,000,000

LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£20,000,000

RIVER GARDEN CARE LTD

27 Nov 202517 Dec 2025 – 16 Dec 2029

£20,000,000

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Commercial Services Kent Limited
Typepublic body
RegionUKJ46
Total tenders9
Total spend£650,000,000
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Published

16 January 2026

Submission deadline

29 September 2025

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