Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Home to School Transport Services (Round 2)
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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.
BGCBC is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)for the provision of a high quality and cost effective Home to School Transport Service.
The requirements will cover bus, taxi, minibus and wheelchair accessible vehicles.
The DPS will be structured into the following 4 lots: Lot 1: 4-8 seat vehicles Lot 2: 9-16 seat vehicles Lot 3: 17+ seat vehicles Lot 4: Wheelchair accessible vehicles The DPS will commence on 1st September 2024 and will run for an initial period of 5 years with an option to be extended for a further period of up to 24 months (reviewable on an annual basis and subject to performance).
This Contract Notice is the secondary notice and will remain open until 31st August 2029.
In accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, the purpose of this notice is to alert interested parties of the standing opportunity and to provide details of the application procedure.
Please refer to the additional information section of this notice for registration details.
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