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Road Based Passenger Transport Services[E11]

Bracknell, United KingdomBracknell Forest Borough Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: The DPS comprises two lots: Lot 1: traditional bus services with set routes and timetables. Lot 2 : covers demand responsive transport and other non-typical bus provision. Note: The DPS excludes the provision of home to school transport for pupils with special transport requirements, e.g. wheelchair and/or passenger assistant.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 28 Nov 2037, 23:59 UTC. UTC: 28 Nov 2037, 23:59 UTC.
Published 3 Oct 2022.
Value: GBP 12,000,000
Buyer: Bracknell Forest Borough CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
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Deadline[E4]: 28 Nov 2037, 23:59 UTC
Value[E12]: GBP 12,000,000
Published[E9]: 3 Oct 2022
Procedure[E8]: Restricted procedure
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 2 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

The DPS comprises two lots: Lot 1: traditional bus services with set routes and timetables. Lot 2 : covers demand responsive transport and other non-typical bus provision. Note: The DPS excludes the provision of home to school transport for pupils with special transport requirements, e.g. wheelchair and/or passenger assistant. The Council has a duty under the 1985 Transport Act 'to secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as the council consider it appropriate to secure to meet any public transport requirements ... which would not in its view be met apart from any action taken by it for that purpose.' The agreement will provide the structure to procure routes, the Bus Strategy developed during 2020 defines what the Council deems appropriate under the Act, and the call offs under this framework will procure those routes, ensuring by the appropriate qualitative criteria that any route details put forward by operators fulfil the requirements defined in the Strategy. As of June 2022 the Council provides 9 subsidised public bus services operating Mon-Sat with three of these services also operating late into the evening and on Sundays. The Council also contributes to a route procured by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The procurement process will be run in accordance with the following programme: First Mini Tenders released from: 28.11.2022 DPS end date: 30.11.2037[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

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Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Bracknell Forest Borough Council.
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 60000000 (Transport services (excl. Waste transport)).
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
“England”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 28 Nov 2037, 23:59 UTC.
“2037-11-28T23:59:00Z”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“The DPS comprises two lots: Lot 1: traditional bus services with set routes and timetables. Lot 2 : covers demand responsive transport and other non-typical bus provision. Note: The DPS excludes the provision of home to school transport for pupils with special transport requirem…”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Restricted procedure.
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 3 Oct 2022.
“2022-10-03T12:01:43+01:00”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Road Based Passenger Transport Services".
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 12,000,000.
“12000000 GBP”
Document 0184e986-50f9-431b-8202-11641eb56aa2-832379, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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