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Transport for Greater Manchester

MCFC Matchday Buses 25/26 Season

TransportCPV 60170000
Value£272k
Awarded30 Jun 2025
Published23 Apr 2026
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£272ktotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Operators were invited to provide bids to operate a series of bus routes to/from Etihad Stadium on Manchester City match days, for the 2025/26 season.

These routes have been planned to maximise patronage from MCFC season ticket holders.

This included all men's fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League fixture.

Time: Matchdays only, varying times of operation Location: Various locations in the vicinity of the Etihad Stadium, Manchester

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Operators were invited to provide bids

Operators were invited to provide bids to operate a series of bus routes to/from Etihad Stadium on Manchester City match days, for the 2025/26 season.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
GMPTE001-DN777271-61927208
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