Demand Responsive Bus Service - NEL

Buyer
North East Lincolnshire Borough Council
Value
£2,100,000
Closes
3 December 2026
Where
Grimsby, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Open tender

In plain English

North East Lincolnshire Council wants to appoint a delivery partner to run a Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) service, also known as Phone n Ride, across the borough. DRT is a bookable bus-style service that fills gaps where the regular bus network cannot take someone where or when they need to travel. The estimated value is £2,100,000.

What the buyer wants

• Run the Phone n Ride DRT service across North East Lincolnshire as the council's delivery partner • Provide journeys for people whose trips cannot be made on conventional buses, because of where they start or finish or when they want to travel • Support accessibility for local residents who do not have suitable access to conventional bus services

Requirements

What could rule a small business out: The notice does not list specific qualification or experience requirements, but running a borough-wide passenger transport service with a £2.1m value would likely rule out most small businesses that cannot show they can operate public passenger transport at that scale.

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How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

Where to apply

The notice doesn't say where to apply. North East Lincolnshire Borough Council uses YORtender for its other tenders, so start there: make a free account, then search for this tender's title.

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Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at procurement@nelincs.gov.uk.

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