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Vale of Glamorgan Council

Extension to DPS for Passenger Transport Services ( Excluding Local Bus Services) in the Vale of Glamorgan

TransportCPV 60112000
Value£1.3m
Deadline31 Jul 2026
Published5 Aug 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 5 Aug 20257 days leftCloses 31 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Passenger Transport Team
PassengerTransport@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
+44 1446700111

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.3mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£2.2m

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

The extension of the established Dynamic Purchasing System (“DPS”) for the procurement of passenger transport services, excluding local bus services until July 2026

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£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-0581c6
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
046223-2025
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