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Published 21 May 2025, 12:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Public Transport Service Open Framework

Official notice

Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesSME suitable

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)

Planned pipeline value£20,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 8 yrsends 1 Aug 2033 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council is looking to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot open framework for bus services, taxi services, demand responsive transport, adult social care transport and emergency transport services.

CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Taxi services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 8 yrs from 1 Aug 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSME

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2033 (8 yrs)

Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

60112000 Public road transport services 60120000 Taxi services 60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 60140000 Non-scheduled passenger transport 60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

What this means for your bid

“Public Transport Service Open Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 21 May 2025, 12:37 BST
Last source update: 21 May 2025, 12:37 BST
Authority reference: 2025-030
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-023821
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverNon-scheduled passenger transportPublic road transport servicesSpecial-purpose road passenger-transport servicesTaxi services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051a7e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
21 May 2025, 12:37 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
1 Aug 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
21 May 2025, 12:37 BST
UK1

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

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDZ-6131-PWZH Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 3EJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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