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Wakefield SEN Home to School Taxi & Minibus Contracts DPS

TransportCPV 60120000

ValueValue not published

Deadline31 Dec 2027

Published26 Jan 2023

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 26 Jan 2023490 days leftCloses 31 Dec 2027

Who to contact

Paul Emmett

Paul.Emmett@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

+44 1132517323

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

When this comes round again

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The brief

The SEN Transport Team at WYCA is responsible for commissioning and overseeing Home to School transport contracts with taxi and minibus operators for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities on behalf of Wakefield Council.

The CA is implementing this DPS in order to approve suppliers to bid on these contracts.

In the past the contracts have been operated off an approved list and this DPS will work in a similar way by streamlining the process, making it easier to manage and less labour intensive for both the teams at WYCA and operators to bid against contracts.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The SEN Transport Team at WYCA is

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

10–22 daysof bid-team effort

£6.8k–£15.1kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the value not published — mid-band assumed 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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