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title: "Milton Keynes Council - Local Bus and Shared Taxi & Demand Responsive Services DPS"
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# Milton Keynes Council - Local Bus and Shared Taxi & Demand Responsive Services DPS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/milton-keynes-council-local-bus-and-shared-taxi-demand-responsive-services-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02a2ef). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Milton Keynes Council: "Milton Keynes Council - Local Bus and Shared Taxi & Demand Responsive Services DPS". Published status: tenderUpdate. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Milton Keynes Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/milton-keynes-council-ons-e06000042)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a2ef`

## 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/milton-keynes-council-local-bus-and-shared-taxi-demand-responsive-services-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02a2ef#tl-md)

## Description
Milton Keynes Council wishes to invite applications for admission to dynamic purchasing system (DPS) tosecure local bus service and demand responsive service.
The DPS is divided into 2 lots:
Lot 1: Local Bus Service;
Lot 2: Shared taxi and Demand Responsive Service.
Application may be submitted for any one or both lots.
Any contracts that are to be awarded via this DPS will be done so via the terms of this DPS. Tenders areexpected to be run throughout the term of the DPS. The resultant contracts will run for the period stated withinthe specification/requirement.
Invitations to tender will be conducted via e-auctions, e-quotes (prices submitted by email and/or via an e-tendering system) or RFQ (via email and/or an e-tendering system). Invitations to tender may be issued at anytime during the term of the DPS.
The total value of DPS will not be greater than GBP 15 000 000. There will be no guarantee of work or volumeof work to be given under this DPS.
The services are procured under a multiple-provider dynamic purchasing system. There will be no limit to thenumber of providers accepted onto the dynamic purchasing system, providing they meet the selection criteria.The authority is therefore able to add tenderers throughout its term.
New tenderers will be able to apply to be accepted onto the dynamic purchasing system at any point during theterm of the DPS.
Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that they inform the authority of any material changes to the informationsupplied in any application at any time during the term of the DPS. The authority will consider material changesand decide if they impact upon the tenderer’s ability to comply with the requirements of the service specification.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007038-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-06T16:27:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T23:16:31.072Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a2ef