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OpenStage · planning 3325 days to close

London Borough of Barnet

Dynamic Purchasing System for Hired Passenger Transport SEND

TransportCPV 60170000
Value£24.0m
Deadline31 Aug 2035
Published31 Aug 2023
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 31 Aug 20233325 days leftCloses 31 Aug 2035
Who to contact
transport.brokering@barnet.gov.uk
+44 2083597212

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£24.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£25.9m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Dynamic Purchasing System.

Barnet Council is required to provide transportation services and assistants for passengers who qualify under statutory and discretional policies.

These services include, but are not limited to, Education transport including Special Educational Needs transport, Adult Day Care Centres and Services.

Type of work is split by vehicle and specialism.

The DPS is open to any operator to join at any time, upon satisfying the entry criteria

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Barnet Council is required to provide transportation

Barnet Council is required to provide transportation services and.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidOperator licences / driver vetting (DBS for passenger transport)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f852
Stage
planning · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
025561-2023
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