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Leicestershire County Council

Large Vehicle Passenger Transport Services (BB4) DPS

TransportCPV 60112000
Value£40.0m
Deadline20 Feb 2029
Published19 Nov 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 19 Nov 2025942 days leftCloses 20 Feb 2029
Who to contact
Rosie O'Doherty
Rosie.Odoherty@leics.gov.uk
+44 1163051615

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
£40.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£43.2m

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

Dynamic Purchasing System for Large Vehicle Passenger Transport Services (BB4) covering Mainstream, Special Education Needs and Social Care transport (excluding Local Bus Services).

9+ Passenger Seats.

This contract notice is only to advise the market that the DPS has been extended to 23 February 2029.

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-05e410
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
075097-2025
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