# Local Authority funded rural transport

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT](/buyers/department-for-transport/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Atkins Limited](/contract-winners/atkins/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £86,282
- Tender value: £86,282
- Award date: 12 April 2017
- Published: 19 April 2017
- Contract start: 13 April 2017
- Contract end: 30 November 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2152b2bb-2e1a-4d3a-916b-421b7124ab9f-142591
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-45d2e9e5-6617-42ad-8a60-7ee26c38bc3a

## Description

The project aims to improve understanding of different types of local authority \(LA\) transport and accessibility provision in English rural areas, and their suitability for specific local conditions, through primary and secondary research\. The project will find out more about how LAs ensure rural connectivity and accessibility are sustained in the current financial climate, how funding decisions are made to serve local needs, and to highlight instances of good practice by LAs\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2152b2bb-2e1a-4d3a-916b-421b7124ab9f-142591)