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Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Home to School Transport Services (Round 2)

TransportCPV 60120000

Value£16.5m

Deadline31 Aug 2029

Published5 Jun 2024

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 5 Jun 20241094 days leftCloses 31 Aug 2029

Who to contact

corporate.procurement@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

+44 1495311556

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

£16.5mtotal contract value

median £64k

this tender£0£17.8m

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.

When this comes round again

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The brief

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.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

Regulations 2015, the purpose of this notice

Regulations 2015, the purpose of this notice is to alert interested parties of the standing opportunity and to provide details of the application.

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.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Establishment of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Home to School Transport Services (Round 2)

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

45–80 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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