PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Bristol Airport to Nailsea and Portishead Bus Service

North Somerset Council · published 25 Mar 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID97e77ea5-a933-468d-9aee-dce4e2563d41-890088

Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e3819c6a-3cc7-4d09-8a8c-c720c7ee3f9a

Buyer identifierGB-CFS-55740

Release typeaward

PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value: £1,245,883
Tender value: £1,245,883
Procurement method: Other -
Category: services
CPV: 60000000
Delivery: South West, United Kingdom

PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The council required a bus operator to operate a bus service between Bristol Airport and Nailsea and Portishead. Lot 3 of North Somerset Council's Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) was used for this procurement.

Tender statuscomplete

STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release25 Mar 2026
02Tender period endsTender-period field as published5 Dec 2025
03Contract startsContract-period field as published4 Apr 2026
04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2029

SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

First West of England Ltd

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 25 Mar 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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