(18 Jul 2025, 10:27 pm)tyresmoke wrote I don’t think they were tendered, just an emergency contract to keep them running. Everything is up for tender in April though…!
Emergency contact initially yes, but they have just been competitively retendered until the end of March, so my point still applies.
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/N...32301-2025
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/N...32122-2025
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/N...32118-2025
Stagecoach have retained them all, but with a nice big cheque behind them.
(18 Jul 2025, 5:18 pm)Economic505 wrote The Hartlepool service 3 isn’t subsidised. It’s a commercial operation. Check VOSA.
I love how you can be so confidently wrong.