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VBS ÖPNV-Subunternehmerleistungen

Contracting authority: VBS Verkehrsbetriebe Schussental GmbH & Co. KG · Ravensburg · Germany

Bid deadline (passed)
Jan 28, 2026, 12:00
Contract term
Jan 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2036
Contract end
Dec 31, 2036 (~10 years left)
Procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Lots
2
Service type
Scheduled public transport
Country
Germany
Published
Dec 22, 2025

What does this mean?

What stage is this tender at?
Award: the contract has been awarded and is running.
What does “Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition” mean?
In a negotiated procedure the authority negotiates the terms of the bids with the bidders.
Until when can bids be submitted?
The bid deadline ended on Jan 28, 2026, 12:00. Applying in this procedure is no longer possible.
When does the contract expire?
According to the notice the contract ends on Dec 31, 2036 (~10 years left). After that the service is due to be tendered again.

Service

Die VBS Verkehrsbetriebe Schussental GmbH & Co. KG (Auftraggeber) vergibt ÖPNV-Subunternehmerleistungen (Linienverkehrsleistungen), aufgeteilt in zwei Losen.

Lots (2)

All lots with a service description from the notice.

  • Hauptlos Jan 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2036 €4.8M
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    Die Verkehrsleistung hat im ersten Betriebsjahr vorauss. ein Gesamtvolumen von rund 1.000.683 Nutzwagenkilometern (NwKm).

  • KMU Los Jan 1, 2027 – Dec 31, 2036 €580,000
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    Die Verkehrsleistung hat im ersten Betriebsjahr vorauss. ein Gesamtvolumen von rund 120.889 Nutzwagenkilometern (NwKm).

Procedure history

  1. Call for tenders Dec 22, 2025 Notice ↗
  2. Award May 20, 2026 Notice ↗

Public transport network in Ravensburg

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

  1. 1 Regionalbus Alb-Bodensee 47% 5.3M km
  2. 2 DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg 9% 1M km
  3. 3 Burkhard 8.7% 976.5K km
  4. 4 Müller 4.8% 533.6K km
  5. 5 Reisch 3.4% 379.5K km
  6. 6 Verkehrsbetriebe Schussental 3.3% 369.5K km
  7. 7 DB Regio AG Bayern 3% 335.5K km
  8. 8 Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn 2.3% 256.3K km
  9. 9 Ehrmann 2.2% 245.4K km
  10. 10 Hutter 2% 221.8K km
  11. 11 Sohler Wangen 1.9% 213.2K km
  12. 12 Süddeutsche Verkehrslinien 1.9% 210.8K km

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.