Concession of exclusive rights for public bus passenger transport in the Ionian Islands

Summary

The tender concerns a public passenger transport service concession in the Ionian Islands region. The concessionaire will receive the exclusive right to operate regular urban and interurban bus passenger transport in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. The procurement is divided into two lots: Lot 1 covers interurban bus transport and has an estimated value of EUR 169,500,000 excluding VAT; Lot 2 covers urban bus transport and has an estimated value of EUR 52,500,000 excluding VAT. The basic contract term is 10 years, with a possible extension of up to 5 additional years subject to the contracting authority’s conditions. The total estimated value is EUR 222,000,000 excluding VAT and may reach EUR 333,000,000 excluding VAT if the possible extension or option is used. Tenders must be submitted electronically in Greek by 22 October 2026 at 12:00 local time; the tenders will be opened on the same day at 15:00. A bidder may submit a tender for up to two lots. The machine-readable contract notice does not provide precise selection or exclusion requirements, so these must be verified in the tender documents.