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# Demand Responsive Transport Network

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/demand-responsive-transport-network-ocds-h6vhtk-029d9b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Milton Keynes Council: "Demand Responsive Transport Network". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Milton Keynes Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/milton-keynes-council-ons-e06000042)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public road transport services, Road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029d9b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/demand-responsive-transport-network-ocds-h6vhtk-029d9b#tl-md)

## Description
Award of contract after further competition under CU2688 Local Bus Service DPS – Lot 2 Shared Taxi and Demand Responsive Service. Contract awarded for a period of 3 years with an option to extend by 12 months for further two years. The Council has taken the decision to move most of its subsidised network to demand responsive transport. The contract is for the operation and the software to run a full ‘corner to corner’ DRT service within the parameters laid out by the Council. The service will integrate rather than compete with the commercial local bus network.
Within scope are the possible adaptation of the service to hub and spoke or transfer based if patronage grows significantly. The entire borough of Milton Keynes, including rural areas and new developments that may begin during the contract period are within scope. Cross Boundary trips are not within scope.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Award of contract after further competition under Milton Keynes Council Local Bus Service DPS Lot 2 Lot 2 Shared Taxi and Demand Responsive Service. Contract for the operation and the software to run a full ‘corner to corner’ DRT service within the p...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 005674-2021-CU2688 FC01-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Via Transportation UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142960`
  - Value: £8,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 005674-2021-CU2688 FC01-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,000,000
  - Signed Date: 02/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005674-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-19T17:16:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:24:48.037Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029d9b