Award of public service contracts pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 on scheduled bus services pursuant to Section 42 of the German Passenger Transport Act (PBefG) in route bundle 4/South 2 in the district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

The Landkreis Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm in Germany from Europe region has released this tender for The district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, as the competent authority within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services (Regulation 1370/2007) in conjunction with Article 8(1) of the Bavarian Public Passenger Transport Act (BayÖPNVG), intends to award public service contracts (PSCs) for public passenger transport services in route bundle "4/South 2" by bus in accordance with Article 5(1), second sentence, of Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 in conjunction with Section 8a(2) of the Passenger Transport Act (PBefG). The route bundle includes bus services along the timetables defined in the local transport plan: • 500 (3) Pfaffenhofen – Hohenwart (- Schrobenhausen) • 560 (4) Pfaffenhofen – Scheyern – Gerolsbach – Alberzell • 565 (Z6) Scheyern – Steinkirchen – Petershausen including school transport: • Hohenwart Primary and Secondary School • Pfaffenhofen and Niederscheyern Primary Schools (service areas West and East) • Gerolsbach Primary School • Scheyern Primary and Secondary School • Schweitenkirchen-Paunzhausen Primary and Secondary School • as well as from the municipalities of Hohenwart, Gerolsbach, Scheyern, Schweitenkirchen and Paunzhausen to the secondary and vocational schools in Pfaffenhofen, Wolnzach, Scheyern, Schrobenhausen and Weichs. The operation of route 500 between Hohenwart and Schrobenhausen is dependent on co-financing from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen. The responsible authority, the district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, intends to award a public service contract for at least the Pfaffenhofen-Hohenwart section. The contract will run from August 1, 2027, to July 31, 2033, inclusive. The district reserves the right to unilaterally extend the contract up to two times, each extension lasting 12 calendar months. The public service contract includes provisions for quality assurance, particularly regarding vehicle quality, guaranteed connections, alternative transportation, and disruption management, as well as the conduct, competence, and qualifications of the drivers, ticket sellers, and ticket inspectors. The public service contract will also include penalty payments for inadequate service and/or compensation for passengers. The responsible authority intends to divide the contract into lots during the tendering process. The lots consist of the following sub-services: Lot 1 Line 500: Pfaffenhofen – Hohenwart (- Schrobenhausen) Line 560: Pfaffenhofen – Scheyern – Gerolsbach – Alberzell Line 565: Scheyern – Steinkirchen – Petershausen School transport services • of the Gerolsbach primary school • of the Scheyern secondary school (excluding school transport services from the Pfaffenhofen am Ilm urban area) • to those listed in Chapter 1.1. Secondary schools mentioned from the municipalities of Gerolsbach and Scheyern • to the secondary schools in Schrobenhausen from the municipality of Jetzendorf (only parts of the town not served by line 9159/400) • to the secondary schools in Scheyern from the municipality of Jetzendorf • to the secondary schools in Scheyern from the municipality of Pfaffenhofen a der Ilm Lot 2 School transports • all Pfaffenhofen schools and the GMS Scheyern from the service area Pfaffenhofen West (service area Menzenpriel, Menzenbach, Göbelsbach, Fürholzen, Wolfsberg, Doderhof, Sulzbach, Eutenhofen, Ehrenberg, Haimpertshofen) and Pfaffenhofen East (Pfaffelleiten, EcoQuartier, Weihern, Eberstetten, Streitdorf, Thalhof, Altkaslehen, Siebenecken). The western service area does not include the towns and villages directly located on the PAF 4 between Hohenwart and Pfaffenhofen (Tegernbach, Köhlhof, Brunnhof). Lot 3 School Transport: • the GMS Schweitenkirchen-Paunzhausen • to the secondary schools listed in Chapter 1.1 from the municipalities of Schweitenkirchen and Paunzhausen • the GMS Hohenwart with cooperative trips to the GMS Reichertshofen • to the secondary schools listed in Chapter 1.1 from the municipality of Hohenwart and the towns and villages along the PAF 4 (Tegernbach, Köhlhof, Brunnhof). The competitive tendering procedure will be initiated by means of a separate contract notice. The lots to be awarded comprise the aforementioned services as a complete service within the meaning of Section 8a Paragraph 2 Sentence 4 of the Passenger Transport Act (PBefG). Applications for purely economic purposes relating only to partial services will be rejected in accordance with Section 13 Paragraph 2a Sentence 2 PBefG. Furthermore, approval must be refused if the requested service would extract individual profitable routes from a route bundle defined in the local public transport plan as defined in Section 8 Paragraph 3 of the German Passenger Transport Act (PBefG) (see Section 13 Paragraph 2 No. 3 lit. d PBefG). The minimum requirements for the public passenger transport services to be awarded (Section 8a Paragraph 2 Sentence 3, Section 13 Paragraph 2a Sentence 2, and Section 13 Paragraph 2a Sentence 3 PBefG) are the subject of a "Supplementary Document to the Preliminary Notice Route Bundle 4/South 2," which is available for download at https://www.landkreis-pfaffenhofen.de/leben/mobilitaet/ausschreibungen-und-vergaben/. This document describes the requirements associated with the intended public service contract regarding timetables, fares, accessibility, and other standards as defined in Section 8a Paragraph 2 Sentence 3 PBefG. In addition, the requirements of the local public transport plan of the district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm and its existing partial updates must be observed. The local public transport plan and its partial updates can be viewed at "https://www.landkreis-pfaffenhofen.de/leben/mobilitaet/ausschreibungen-und-vergaben/".The transport services covered by the public service contracts to be awarded are generally subject to the transport fare of the Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Großraum Ingolstadt (VGI fare). The district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm fulfills its publication obligation under Section 8a Paragraph 2 Sentence 2 of the German Passenger Transport Act (PBefG) in conjunction with Article 7 Paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 with this information. Type of procedure: Competitive tendering procedure (Article 5 Paragraph 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007) with tender notice no. 710549-2026 published on 14 Oct 2026. The tender is due to expire on 12 Jan 2027. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Transport services (excl. Waste transport), Bus station services. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15506305.