Estimated Value
£12,500,000 – £115,000,000
Deadline
29 September 2025
Published
16 January 2026
Type
Not specified
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
£12,500,000
Bamford Bus Company Ltd
£12,500,000
CITROEN U.K. LIMITED
£12,500,000
FORD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
£12,500,000
Harris Maxus UK
£12,500,000
ILESBUS . UK LIMITED
£12,500,000
MOTUS Group (UK) Limited
£12,500,000
NORTHSIDE TRUCK & VAN LIMITED
£12,500,000
PEUGEOT MOTOR COMPANY PLC
£12,500,000
VAUXHALL MOTORS LIMITED
£12,500,000
ADVANCED KFS SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED
£115,000,000
CAR VAN & MINIBUS WORLD LIMITED
£115,000,000
CARTWRIGHT VEHICLE CONVERSIONS LIMITED
£115,000,000
COMPLETE VEHICLE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
£115,000,000
COURTSIDE CONVERSIONS LIMITED
£115,000,000
EVM DIRECT LTD.
£115,000,000
GM COACHWORK LIMITED
£115,000,000
GOWRINGS MOBILITY GROUP LIMITED
£115,000,000
MINIBUS OPTIONS LIMITED
£115,000,000
OVERLANDER VEHICLES LIMITED
£115,000,000
STANFORD COACH WORKS & MOBILITY SERVICES LTD
£115,000,000
TAXI & BUS CONVERSION LIMITED - T/A TBC Conversions
£115,000,000
TREKA BUS LIMITED
£115,000,000
ALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED
£115,000,000
DAIMLER BUSES UK LTD
£115,000,000
MELLOR BUS LTD
£115,000,000
PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES), LIMITED
£115,000,000
BYD (U.K.) CO., LTD.
£37,500,000
HARRIS BUS AND COACH
£37,500,000
IRIZAR U.K. LIMITED
£37,500,000
Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bussar Aktiebolag)
£37,500,000
ERS TRANSITION - TRADING AS EMED GROUP LIMITED
£20,000,000
HATS Group Ltd
£20,000,000
LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
£20,000,000
RIVER GARDEN CARE LTD
£20,000,000
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SAFE PATH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
£90m
total awarded
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Commercial Services Kent LimitedKey Dates
Published
16 January 2026
Submission deadline
29 September 2025
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