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title: "PA0000003042 - Dstl Shuttle Service"
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# PA0000003042 - Dstl Shuttle Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pa0000003042-dstl-shuttle-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: "PA0000003042 - Dstl Shuttle Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £170,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-gov-ea42)
- **Published Value:** £170,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport agency services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ3, UKK, UKK15
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,923,222 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pa0000003042-dstl-shuttle-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32`

## 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/pa0000003042-dstl-shuttle-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fgo%2F14806850019717362081)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pa0000003042-dstl-shuttle-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32#participate

## Description
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), employing approximately 5000 staff across two core sites. Dstl exists to supply the very best impartial scientific and technical research and advice to the MOD and other government departments. Dstl is committed to providing sustainable travel options to its employees under its Travel Plan, with the aim of reducing the number of single occupancy vehicles traveling to Dstl sites. Dstl has committed to provide Dstl staff with an accessible bus/coach service from agreed locations to its sites.The current services are:
• Porchester - 21 journeys per day.
• Southsea - 4 Journeys per day.
• Porton Down - 9 Journeys per day.
Dstl requires a bus/coach service from agreed locations to its core sites as part of its commitment to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles travelling to Dstl sites.
The sites are as follows:
• Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ (3 Routes)
• Portsdown West, Fareham, Hampshire , PO17 6AD (2 Routes)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 63520000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £170,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2025 to 30/09/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** PA0000003042 Dstl Shuttle Service (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **COLLECTIVETECH LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11908428`
  - Value: £2,923,222 (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice
  - Date: 17/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,923,222
  - Signed Date: 01/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028169-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-15T15:29:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T16:11:11.900Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ee32