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Transport services Bus Vestfold 2026 III

Contracting authority: Vestfold fylkeskommune · Vestfold og Telemark · Norway

Contract term
Mar 25, 2025 – Jun 30, 2036
Contract end
Jun 30, 2036 (~10 years left)
Procedure
Contract award notice (CAN)
Contract value
NOK 6.5B
Lots
1
Bids received
4
Service type
Transport (other)
Country
Norway
Published
Dec 20, 2024

What does this mean?

What stage is this tender at?
Award: the contract has been awarded and is running.
What does “Contract award notice (CAN)” mean?
A contract award notice (CAN) reports the award or conclusion of a procedure.
When does the contract expire?
According to the notice the contract ends on Jun 30, 2036 (~10 years left). After that the service is due to be tendered again.
Awarded to
Tide Buss AS

4 bids received.

Service

Vestfold county invites tenderers to participate in a competition for a Contract for the procurement of transport services by bus in Vestfold. This procurement is for all of Vestfold and has a total extent of approx. 11,200,000 km per annum divided between 3 route areas. It is possible to submit a total tender for all route areas in addition to each route area separately. The contract will have an operational period of ten years until 30/6-2036. See the tender documentation for further information on the procurement.

Lots (1)

All lots with a service description from the notice.

  • Transport services Bus Vestfold 2026 III Mar 25, 2025 – Jun 30, 2036 NOK 5.0B Renewal: 0
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    Vestfold county invites tenderers to participate in a competition for a Contract for the procurement of transport services by bus in Vestfold. This procurement is for all of Vestfold and has a total extent of approx. 11,200,000 km per annum divided between 3 route areas. It is possible to submit a total tender for all route areas in addition to each route area separately. The contract will have an operational period of ten years until 30/6-2036. See the tender documentation for further information on the procurement.

Procedure history

  1. Call for tenders Dec 20, 2024 Notice ↗
  2. Award Apr 17, 2025 Notice ↗
  3. Award Apr 17, 2025 Notice ↗

Public transport network in Vestfold og Telemark

Operators whose network runs through the tender's region — the real timetable context of this tender.

  1. 1 VKT 39% 10.5M km
  2. 2 Farte 36% 9.7M km
  3. 3 Vy 19% 5.2M km
  4. 4 Unibuss 3.4% 926.4K km
  5. 5 Go-Ahead Norge AS 2.3% 627.6K km
  6. 6 Brakar 0.2% 66K km
  7. 7 Vy Buss 0.2% 41.7K km
  8. 8 Agder Kollektivtrafikk AS <0.1% 9,336 km
  9. 9 Fjonesundet <0.1% 3,805 km

More tenders by Vestfold fylkeskommune

The tender history of this authority — prior information notices, calls and awards.

Official source: original notice ↗ · tender documents in the portal ↗ (the authority's link — may expire after the deadline) · Data from official tender notices (TED, German national portal). No guarantee of completeness; the official notice is binding.