Free Fares Saturday / Super Saturdays

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Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer: Leicestershire County Council
Published status: complete
Latest release reference: 362d9496-742b-475d-bd3f-fd87beb2f140-802920
CPV codes: Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 60000000
Published tags: award
Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source: 27 Aug 2026

The project offers free travel on bus services within Leicestershire to incentivise ridership on the commercial and supported service networks. The project will enable the Council to repay bus operators from Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding received from Government for the revenue that will be foregone by operators through the duration of the free travel offer.

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15 Nov 2024
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.
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Release reference
362d9496-742b-475d-bd3f-fd87beb2f140-802920
Published tags
award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

Free Fares Saturday / Super Saturdays
Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: ARRIVA LIMITED
End date in notice
30 Nov 2024
Value shown in notice
£200,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier
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Free Fares Saturday / Super Saturdays
Buyer: Leicestershire County CouncilSupplier: CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED

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How the published record developed

15 Nov 2024

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