Tampines Bus Package put up for tender

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called a tender for the Tampines Bus Package on 19 December 2024, under Contract PT220: Bus Contracting – Tampines Bus Package.

As part of the Bus Contracting Model implemented in 2016, the LTA entered into a Negotiated Contract with SBS Transit to operate bus services under the Tampines Bus Package for an initial 8-year duration, ending in 2024. In November 2021, this contract was further extended for 1 year and 10 months (ending in July 2026), as part of an LTA–SBS Transit Framework Agreement that saw the Downtown Line transition to the New Rail Financing Framework (Version 2).

Bus services under the tendered package term from July 2026 will be operating out of the East Coast Bus Depot, which is expected to be completed and opened in 2026.

On 19 September 2025, LTA announced that the tender has been awarded to Go-Ahead Singapore.

Bus Services

In response to queries by Lianhe Zaobao in December 2024, an LTA spokesperson revealed that the tendered package term for the Tampines Bus Package will commence in July 2026.

The package contains 27 bus services: 26 existing bus services, and one upcoming new service to be launched under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP) in 2025. This was later revealed to be Feeder Service 299, which commenced operations on 27 April 2025.

As of April 2025, the 27 existing bus services under the Negotiated Contract (PT207) of the Tampines Bus Package are:

Short Trip & Supplementary Bus Services

These services do not add to the overall service count for the bus package.

Bus routes primarily operate from Tampines, Tampines Concourse and Tampines North bus interchanges, where the awarded operator will likely be the anchor operator.

Tender Details

The contract listing in GeBIZ states a contact delivery date of 4 July 2031. Given a 5-year base period for BCM tendered contracts, this indicates a likely contract start date sometime in July 2026.

Similarly, East Coast Bus Depot is also projected to open in 2026. The multi-storey bus depot is part of the East Coast Integrated Depot site and can accommodate over 500 buses, including the capacity to charge about 240 electric buses.

LTA later confirmed the July 2026 start date, and that buses would be based at East Coast Depot.

The tender closed on 17 April 2025. According to tender details as published on government procurement portal GeBIZ, bids were submitted by 5 hopeful operators. namely:

Tender Evaluation

In addition to the usual quality factors, LTA will also evaluate the bidders’ proposals for electric bus operations, as revealed by LTA in response to media queries published by Zaobao and Straits Times. The considerations include:

• Optimising the deployment of electric buses
• Maintenance of assets such as the electric buses and infrastructure
• Ensuring the safe operation of the electric buses

Reference:

• 淡滨尼巴士配套开放竞标 陆交局注重电动车队运营提案 | Lianhe Zaobao [Published 25 Dec 2024]
• Contract to run 27 public bus routes in Tampines from 2026 up for bidding | The Straits Times [Published 30 Dec 2024]