Award of De Minimis Public Bus Transport Contract
What the buyer wrote
Direct award of contract for the provision of a public bus service under the 'De Minimis' subsidy rules. The 1985 Transport Act (as amended by the 2000 Transport Act) introduced the provisions which govern the duties of local passenger transport authorities to secure local bus services where these would not otherwise be met. In the majority of cases these services have to be secured through competitive tender. The Service Subsidy Agreements (Tendering) Regulations provided local authorities with the scope to let any individual bus subsidy contract in any one year up to a certain maximum value without the need to competitively tender (the de minimis limits). The Council has awarded the cont…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Award of De Minimis Public Bus Transport Contract
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Where
- in the East Midlands
- Kind of work
- Passenger transport services
Who the buyer named
Sophie Bower-Scott was the named contact on this notice.