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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PROVISION OF SOUTHEND-ON-SEA SOUTH LOCAL BUS SERVICE 2026
2. Awarding Authority: Southend City Council, Civic Centre, Southend on Sea, GB, Essex, SS2 6ER. Tel: 01702215000. Email: lucygayler@southend.gov.uk. (Lucy Gayler)
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: The awarding authority is seeking to appoint a suitable supplier for the provision of a Bus Service operating within the specified location. The detail of which can be found below.
Scope:
Currently there are no commercial bus services which provide a service with a direct link into Airport land, operating between the specified location.
Consultation for the BSIP identified many residents wanted to see a route from the Eastern area of Southend-on-Sea into London Southend Airport and considered that such a service could enable new connections across the city and avoid the need to travel into the city centre to change buses.
This new bus service will also support local businesses along the route including the Temple Farm Industrial areas of the city, that have no, or very few, bus services linking them direct to other parts of the city.
Local Government Reform & Devolution:
The contracting authority is Southend-on-Sea City Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council’s functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.
5. CPV Code(s): 34120000, 60112000, 60000000
6. NUTS code(s): UKH, UKH3, UKH31
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply Southend-on-Sea
Southend Travel Centre and London Southend Airport and Temple Farm Industrial Estate. This new bus service will support residents within St. Laurence; Prittlewell; St. Luke’s; Southchurch; Victoria; Kursall; Milton Wards and enable new connections across the city.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id DN807556
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Expression of interest end date 12.6.2026 (15:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Keywords Timetabled Service, Local Bus, Public Transport
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date 01/11/2026
End date 04/11/2028
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TKR-2026521-EX-1871622