Official UK procurement notice
Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) Service
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLeicestershire County Council (The Council) is seeking to deliver a new demand responsive transport (DRT) service to operate within an 85km2 area to the south west of Leicester through to Hinckley. The area is generally bounded by the M69 motorway to the west and the M1 to the east. In total, residents of 16 communities will be able to access the service.
The contract period will be a minimum of three years, with the transport service commencing early in 2022. The service will be procured through two separate lots - one covering the service operation and the other technological provision.
Following publication of the Contract Notice, the documents will be available via www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html ↗
Please note that the date given at II.3. Estimated date of publication of contract notice is for indicative purposes only. The Council is currently working on the tender documents and the advert is anticipated late July/ early August 2021.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Public road transport services · Support services for road transport · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1DRT Transport OperatorPlannedRenewal
The transport operator will be responsible for delivering the service between 06:00 and 19:30 Monday to Saturday. They will be required to provide three fully accessible, Euro VI-compliant vehicles with a passenger capacity of 13 seats plus one wheelchair space and the ability to provide spare vehicles when any of the dedicated vehicles are unavailable.
Lot #2DRT Technology ProviderPlannedRenewal
The technology provider will be required to provide:
- a web platform and mobile app for the service, which offer three core elements:
a. a route planning and despatch operating system
b. a rider app for passengers using the service
c. a driver app and/or interface
- a call centre facility for managing and processing telephone bookings (either operated by the technology provider or subcontracted)
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Jun 2021, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2021, 14:16 BST
- Authority reference
DN548857- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013060- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba75Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jun 2021 → 30 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published10 Jun 2021, 14:16 BST
- Tender notice expected30 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.