Bus & passenger transport tenders
Bus routes, home-to-school and passenger transport contracts, including the recurring London bus route tenders.
The UK public sector published 2,080 recorded bus & passenger transport awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £6.2bn across 140 public buyers. 4 opportunities are open for bids today, and 3% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 341 recorded contracts in this market end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.
Open opportunities
largest of 4 open nowFrameworks & DPS in this market
establishment competitions, listed separatelyWho wins this work
top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 yearsWho buys it
top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 yearsAwards by year
recorded awards per yearRecent awards
latest recorded awards, 12 monthsBus & passenger transport procurement, answered
computed from published noticesHow many bus & passenger transport contracts are open right now?
4 bus & passenger transport opportunities are open for bids across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 26 Aug 2026. New notices arrive daily; a free scan matches them against your business.
Who buys bus & passenger transport services in the UK public sector?
140 public buyers awarded recorded bus & passenger transport contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Transport for London, NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board, Kent County Council.
Which bus & passenger transport frameworks and DPS are open in the UK?
17 framework and DPS routes are currently advertised for bus & passenger transport work, including LCC Transport DPS and SPT Subsidised Local Transport Contracts. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.
How many bus & passenger transport contracts are coming up for renewal?
341 recorded contracts in this market carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £316m where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.
Market snapshot
26 Aug 2026- Recorded awards, 5 years
- 2,080
- Recorded value, 5 years
- £6.2bn
- Buyers active, 5 years
- 140
- Ending within 12 months
- 341
- Via framework or DPS, 12m
- 3%
Other markets
browseAbout this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.