Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Transport for Greater Manchester · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Eco Travel Limited SME
- Value
- £822,142.77
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Transport services · Public road transport services (CPV 60112000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 101663-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date7 Oct 2026
- Published27 Oct 2026Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
TfGM provides a demand responsive transport service called Local Link in certain areas of Greater Manchester this opportunity was for the Middleton/Heywood area. This is a bookable service open to all areas where there may be gaps in the general network provision. Additional information: The contract has an initial term of one year, with an option to extend for a further year. The value stated in this notice represents the total potential value of the contract, inclusive of the optional extension period.
About the supplier
Eco Travel Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08194851).