Dynamic Purchasing System for Hired Passenger Transport SEND
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
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.
London Borough of Barnet has published 5 Transport Services notices, about every 20 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around April 2027.
41% of London Borough of Barnet’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
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
What the notice asks for
Barnet Council is required to provide transportation
Barnet Council is required to provide transportation services and.
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 this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Dynamic Purchasing System for Hired Passenger Transport SEND
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
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.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at London Borough of Barnet, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads London Borough of Barnet’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03f852
- Stage
- planning · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 025561-2023
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