ClosedTransport services (excl. Waste transport)

Dynamic Demand Response Transport Services (DDRT)[E11]

United KingdomHampshirePortsmouth City Council[E1]

Deadline[E4]: Buyer's deadline: 6 Mar 2025, 14:00 UTC. UTC: 6 Mar 2025, 14:00 UTC.
Value[E12]: GBP 6,350,000
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure (above threshold)One stage: bids go in by the deadline
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Original notice

In plain English

What they want: Portsmouth City Council - the 'Council' - is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced operators for the delivery of a Dynamic Demand Response Transport service (DDRT) on an initial pilot basis with the facility to extend subject to performance, demand and access to funding. The Council is targeting to have awarded the contract by 28th March with mobilisation following on 31st March 2025.
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Published[E9]: 5 Feb 2025
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 34 hours ago

About the requirement · From the notice

Portsmouth City Council - the 'Council' - is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced operators for the delivery of a Dynamic Demand Response Transport service (DDRT) on an initial pilot basis with the facility to extend subject to performance, demand and access to funding. The Council is targeting to have awarded the contract by 28th March with mobilisation following on 31st March 2025. The council is seeking to award a contract on the basis of the longest achievable pilot period on the condition that commencement is no later than 2nd June 2025. The pilot service will then be required to operate until 31st March 2026. Depending on any future funding availability, success of the pilot and demand, at the Councils option this could be extended on a year-by-year basis by a further 6 years. In addition to extending the term of the contract the council may also extend the service into additional areas of the city and number of dedicated vehicles allocated to the service. The council will be using Bus Service Improvement Plan funding of approx. ?350,000 to cover the initial pilot period. Whilst the Council can provide no guarantees that it would extend the term, geographical coverage or number of vehicles as this will be subject to review of demand and availability of funding, if all of these options were taken up spend via the contract could equate to approx. ?1M per annum. This figure is based upon a position where the Council expands the service to cover another area of the city and increases the number of vehicles in operation for both areas from 2 to 3. Under …[E5]

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Delivery location: South East, United Kingdom.[E6]

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Eligibility and requirements

DetailDelivery location: South East, United Kingdom.[E6]
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Portsmouth City Council

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E1
The buyer is Portsmouth City Council.
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 60000000 (Transport services (excl. Waste transport)).
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 6 Mar 2025, 14:00 UTC.
“2025-03-06T14:00:00Z”
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Portsmouth City Council - the 'Council' - is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced operators for the delivery of a Dynamic Demand Response Transport service (DDRT) on an initial pilot basis with the facility to extend subject to performance, demand and access t…”
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: South East, United Kingdom.
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/1, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This notice changes or updates a call for competition.
“tenderAmendment”
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 5 Feb 2025.
“2025-02-05T00:36:01Z”
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Dynamic Demand Response Transport Services (DDRT)".
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 6,350,000.
“6350000 GBP”
Document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC
The deadline (2025-03-06T14:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document d60c70de-e6b2-4886-a7bf-b3ad5f98e8e9-824581