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title: "Road Based Passenger Transport Services"
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# Road Based Passenger Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/road-based-passenger-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037252). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bracknell Forest Council: "Road Based Passenger Transport Services". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: £12,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2037, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (open for submissions, 4057 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Bracknell Forest Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bracknell-forest-council-ons-e06000036)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £12,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2037 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of buses and coaches with driver, Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Non-scheduled passenger transport, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-037252`

## 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/road-based-passenger-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037252#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/road-based-passenger-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-037252#participate

## Description
Award of one contract this quarter through the Road Based Passenger Transport Services
DPS that this notice relates to -
Lot 1 of the DPS for Road Based Passenger Transport Services - to operate a number of local
bus routes serving Bracknell Forest Borough and destinations beyond the borough boundary

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Traditional bus services with set routes and timetables
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60172000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Award of one contract this quarter through the Road Based Passenger Transport Services DPS that this notice relates to -
Lot 1 of the DPS for Road Based Passenger Transport Services - to operate a number of local bus routes serving Bracknell Forest B...

### Lot 2: Demand responsive transport and other non-typical bus provision
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60130000, 60140000, 60170000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The DPS comprises two lots:
Lot 1: traditional bus services with set routes and timetables.
Lot 2 : covers demand responsive transport and other non-typical bus provision.
Note: The DPS excludes the provision of home to school transport for pupils wi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Lot 1 - traditional bus services with set routes and timetables (active)
  - Award id: `018732-2023-DN646868-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thames Valley Buses Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-106466`
  - Value: £1,112,899 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Lot 1 - traditional bus services with set routes and timetables (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,112,899
  - Signed Date: 25/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040229-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-13T11:27:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T09:30:43.036Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-037252