Contract award · 3 Sep 2025

ESSC - DE - Public Bus Route B25323 and B25329

East Sussex County Council awarded “ESSC - DE - Public Bus Route B25323 and B25329” to East Kent Road Car Company Ltd for £529k on 3 Sep 2025.

Transport servicesSouth East

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Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
East Sussex County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£529,125
Procedure
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Sector
Transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (CPV 60000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date3 Sep 2025
  2. Published6 Nov 2025Published 64 days after the contract date

Description

2x Public Bus Routes - B25323 and B25329. Provision of evening Bus service to be provided on route 323 (contract B25323) between Conquest Hospital, Elphinstone Road, Hastings town centre, West St Leonards and Harley Shute. This will provide a service for a number of communities without a bus service at this time of day, along with links to assist staff and visitors of Conquest Hospital. Route 329 (contract B25329) will provide Monday to Saturday peak, daytime and early evening links for communities in Tenterden, Northiam, Broad Oak and Westfield to/from Hastings town centre and Conquest Hospital. It is also designed to allow trips to Tenterden for shopping and visiting opportunities. There are no other bus services linking these communities outside of Hastings. This contract is subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council Public Bus DPS. This contract will run for 12 month from 6 January 2025 to 28 …

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