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PAN3528 - Supply of Electric Buses (x10)

10 electric buses for Leicester City Council fleet conversion, £3.8M

Opportunity snapshot

Estimated value

£3.8m

Buyer

Leicester City Council

Region

Unknown

Submission deadline

6 May 2026

Procurement Stages

Announced30 Jun 2026

Open

Deadline6 May 2026

Awarded

Announced30 Jun 2026

Open

Deadline6 May 2026

Awarded

EV relevance & specifications

Category: Electric vehicles
Confidence: low

classified 6 Jul 2026

Description

This procurement is for ten (10) electric buses. This scheme seeks to convert the bus services from diesel to fully electric bus operation. The main objective is to reduce air and noise pollution along the roads used by this bus network. A secondary objective is the upgrade of the vehicle specification in relation to accessibility features - such as audio-visual announcements, hearing loops and additional wheelchair/buggy space.

Analysis

Medium confidence

Leicester has run a £3.8m procurement for ten electric buses to convert a diesel service to fully electric, with an accessibility upgrade too. The full analysis is clear that the deadline has passed and no award is in our data yet, and points at watching for the winner.

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Analysis·as of 07/07/2026

Timeline

4 events

Oldest first: procurement milestones and pipeline-detected changes combined.

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Submission Closed

Procurement

6 May 2026

Submission period ended

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First Tracked

Procurement

30 Jun 2026

First detected by the EVTenders pipeline

Pipeline detection

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Notice Published

Procurement

30 Jun 2026

Late notice uploaded to Contracts Finder — does not reflect original procurement start

Late Contracts Finder notice

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Contract Start

Procurement

13 Jul 2026

Expected contract commencement

Procurement events come from OCDS release data. Pipeline events are detected by the EVTenders pipeline and reflect when changes were recorded, not original OCDS dates.

Procurement Details

Method: open
Framework: No
Source System: contracts Finder
CPV Codes: 34000000
Method Details: Other

Source

We don't have a direct link to the original notice on Contracts Finder.