Tenders - 20/2/2026

[shrewd sand]

Notification of Tender Results

20th February 2026

LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:

Route
Current Operator
New Operator
PVR
Vehicles

24 (24h)
Transport UK London
Transport UK London
18
Existing New Routemaster

27 (24h)
Transport UK London
Transport UK London
19
Existing New Routemaster

235
London United
London United
23
Existing electric single deck

267
Transport UK West London
Transport UK West London
16
New and existing electric double deck

286
London Central
London Central
11
Existing hybrid double deck

New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.

The hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.

The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:

Route
Contract Start Date
Contract End Date

24 (24h)
7th November 2026
9th November 2029

27 (24h)
7th November 2026
8th November 2030

235
9th January 2027
11th January 2030

267
7th November 2026
4th November 2033

286
11th July 2026
13th July 2029

Tenders - 20/2/2026

[fallow mango]

235 is keeping its single deckers 💀

[compact nova]

oh new and existing for 267

[mental tartan]

fuck sake man get rid of these LTs on 27 and 267 completely

[compact nova]

111’s liners will be allocated now

[mental tartan]

wdym new and existing 😭

[sweet briar]

What tf

111 got an increase asw

[plush jungle]

235 for 3 yrs

[sweet briar]

How tf is it getting existing

[plush jungle]

Is a route getting a pvr cut?

[tropic sparrow]

no

111 gets an increase

[silver breach]

bc the resident can’t stop complaining about decks

[sweet briar]

267 and another route with the same PVR as 259 @vast sierra

😭😭🫢

[harsh niche]

what increase is 111 getting

oh 25 to 26

[teal parcel]

i think the "existing" on 267 may be a new crosslink to 481D

which uses lv72s

thast the only thing i can think of

[vast sierra]

It’s a joke honestly

[sweet briar]

Just more liners

[harsh niche]

didnt c10s tender say new and existing tho

[tropic sparrow]

wasn’t it new

[vast sierra]

Nah that just said existing it was P5 that said that

[harsh niche]

now look whole new batch of kites

[sweet briar]

Existing

[harsh niche]

oh yeah

433 was new and existing too prolly js gonna be fully new icl

[tropic sparrow]

aren’t most of them for 493?

[sweet briar]

No

[harsh niche]

nope

1773-92 i think

[sweet briar]

Bascially lemme explain

[vast sierra]

Won’t be surprised

[sweet briar]

TUK order MJ74 liner for P5 top up

Drivers liked it

So TUK just order a complete replacement

[teal parcel]

no 493 is the lv25s on c10 i think unless they're js gonna order a new batch bc the e city golds all fucked off

[tropic sparrow]

i thought so

[teal parcel]

id imagine they js diverted it to c10 and are gonna order a new batch

[harsh niche]

yeah 493s getting a complete new batch

[sweet briar]

Nah LV25/LX75 are all for P5/C10

[teal parcel]

similar to how 485s kites were diverted to WL asw

1738-42

[sweet briar]

493 is getting own batch

Which is coming now

[tropic sparrow]

they weren’t originally intended C10

[harsh niche]

then 485 got 10.3s that were meant for the s1

[sweet briar]

Yh then TUK ordered more

[harsh niche]

so they ordered more

[harsh niche]

so they went against the tender spec

pretty much

by completely replacing the caetanos

[vast sierra]

Cause they ordered the wrong length for 485 that’s what I heard

[sweet briar]

Some of the 485 diverted to P5 because of the 485 proposal

[compact nova]

idek why they took the caetanos off C10 and P5

[harsh niche]

yeah

[compact nova]

they seemed fine

[harsh niche]

where even are the 493 kites at

[compact nova]

they could’ve easily lasted another contract

[harsh niche]

is it gonna be using caetanos temp

[sweet briar]

Wright

[harsh niche]

yikes

only 1 month till they win it

btw

[sweet briar]

Them YX10 will do 493

FACK

[harsh niche]

💀

[sweet briar]

P13 is still unknown

[harsh niche]

shit buses

[compact nova]

hopefully e200evs for p13

[sweet briar]

But I expect E200EV 9.9m

[harsh niche]

lowk no one ever knows where tuks new buses are at

[sweet briar]

10.2 kite with it width and length will fail P13 easily

[harsh niche]

happened on 337

electroliners js spawned in

[tropic sparrow]

not exactly

[vast sierra]

I saw pics of it like a month before

[tropic sparrow]

they were seen in QB

like ages before

[compact nova]

2mph up wimbledon hill

[sweet briar]

Will struggle up Southfields

Hill

[harsh niche]

wait

werent some on 111

[vast sierra]

And some did 111 asw

[harsh niche]

before

or was that 270s batch

oh

[vast sierra]

Acc Yh I think it was 270

[tropic sparrow]

TUK need to bin every yx10/11

[sweet briar]

The 11 plates are ok

10 plates are so bad

[sweet briar]

Single deck version to GALs SN11

Es

That did 474

[tropic sparrow]

e162 single deck rebirth

that bus man

SO limp

[vast sierra]

Cars literally overtaking 😂

This is an SN60 tho

[tropic sparrow]

should’ve seen e162 up stock hill

🤣🤣🤣🤣

can outwalk it

[vast sierra]

😭😭😭

[bright beacon]

the new is for the +1 pvr topup

[harsh niche]

oh

lets see

[brave fog]

Nah them two SN11s was decent ish during summer

But now theyre so crap

[brave fog]

E138

Worst SN60 at DS

Was the worst

[whole obsidian]

235 needs to be decked now 🙏

[meager plaza]

i pray 267 gets existing BYDs

[silver breach]

🌝

[sweet briar]

I don’t think TUK is touching them

[civic breach]

ARGHHH

boring

[bright beacon]

first still haven’t won anything from wandsworth

[jolly lichen]

ahh poo

[civic breach]

wasnt anything to win here tho

tbf

wish first were back on 267 tho

[jolly lichen]

no thank you

[meager plaza]

No existing ones

[fallow mango]

I bet they’re staying on the 63 and U5

[plush jungle]

209/533/378

[civic breach]

we dont know if they bidded them

[plush jungle]

I’m saying there is work available for WD to win

[civic breach]

100%

[teal parcel]

bro first bidded 27 and 267 and still lost

these lot are so SHIT

how do u lose against QB on 27

[civic breach]

TUK have been going bare cheap bro yk

[teal parcel]

yeah but bfr now QB

[civic breach]

true

but TUK are being financially stupid (🥹🙏)

[teal parcel]

they bidded 27 from V and 267 from FW like

bro 27 from V wouldve been sick

yx62 adh revival

[civic breach]

i wish

is what it is tho

TUK will face problems in a year or so

im calling it

[teal parcel]

they're facing enough problems already

the bus doesnt turn up

if the bus does turn up its an insect habitat

and then when u get on the bus itll crash

[civic breach]

on the plus side

[gray lava]

it defo wouldnt happen tho icl

[harsh niche]

didnt bid 24 either

[civic breach]

FBL retained smth

[harsh niche]

lowk they could have had a chance

if they joint bidded all 3

[civic breach]

waste of money

[harsh niche]

for 3 years

[teal parcel]

this is V we're talking abt who had conventionals out on 9 daily

[civic breach]

sensational.

[gray lava]

true tbf

[harsh niche]

fuck tuk man

hope their downfall is soon

with all their cheap bids hopefully they end up like first

[teal parcel]

top 10 best pics of all time

[gray lava]

now that i think about it ive had more conventionals on 9 than LTs loool

[civic breach]

if first mess up kingston tenders i will waterboard myself

[harsh niche]

406 411 418 to falcon

[teal parcel]

they already lost the KUs to falcon

[harsh niche]

we will be there

[civic breach]

from what depot

[harsh niche]

byfleet no

[civic breach]

they barely can just run 467

[harsh niche]

lets see

doesnt change hands till september

[bright beacon]

dont think theres room for anything else

[civic breach]

same company that was on the verge of handing 467 back btw

[harsh niche]

shame

[civic breach]

1 or 2 pvr even

[civic breach]

we can only pray

TUKs got like hardly any funding coming in frm elsewhere

lost like half their contracts i swr

[harsh niche]

did they win with new evs

[civic breach]

yes

[harsh niche]

still an embarassing loss

[teal parcel]

WE are gonna be enjoying the brand new tuk LV76 kites on the 411 next year

[civic breach]

it got retained with diesels till 2029 🥳

[teal parcel]

ew

[harsh niche]

they'll have a whole ecosystem growing inside them

[civic breach]

all TUK buses are grim

idk how they do it

every seat feels dirty

[harsh niche]

icl

[plush jungle]

Firsts bids r more financially sustainable for profits TUKs is just whatever routes is available we’ll run

[harsh niche]

its mainly the sn61s that feel grotty

the unrefurb ones fucking hell

cockroach fest

[civic breach]

basically sums it up

TUK are running at loss

im pretty sure

i read somewhere

[harsh niche]

then why would they be investing in so many new contracts

they will be making a loss eventually but idk about rn

[civic breach]

cause their stupid

thats what ratp did

look where that got them

GALs js done a massive handback asw

[fallow mango]

To be fair, when was the last time FLN won a route since entering the London market

[plush jungle]

They haven’t

[plush jungle]

expanding to become bigger ig

[harsh niche]

doesnt mean they'll be making any more of a profit

cost per mileage and new buses

[civic breach]

1 sec

[past yew]

Tender Info: Route 119/N119

Announcement Date: 13 October 2021

Route

119/N119

Number of Tenderers

Three

Successful Tenderer

Metrobus

Unknown

£ PA

Accepted Bid

4,054,000

Lowest Individual Compliant Bid

4,396,514

Highest Individual Compliant Bid

4,497,000

Cost per live mile of awarded contract £/mile

5.15

Reason for not awarding to Lowest Bidder

N/A

Joint Bids

N/A

Notes

Awarded on new electric & existing hybrid vehicles.

Results provided by Transport for London

[jolly lichen]

24 I can understand with QB, not 27 as that never goes south of the river and the deadrun cmon

[jolly lichen]

Hell even a BT13/BD13 could’ve done it only if first would be lenient on the contract if conventional would be allowed

[harsh niche]

there werent any g2s at V back then

even if there were it was prolly when 28 was ran from JE and that was only for a few months

[teal parcel]

when 28 was at JE it was shared w V

g2s did h91 e3 9 211 etc

[harsh niche]

oh

did JE not have enough space

[teal parcel]

idk

they had 28 639 670

[shrewd sand]

it was an outstation because the sightseeing fleet was also there