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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

DPS For The Provision of Education & Social Care Transport 2

TransportCPV 60112000
Value£16.0m
Deadline1 Aug 2031
Published2 Aug 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Aug 20241789 days leftCloses 1 Aug 2031
Who to contact
Procurement@merthyr.gov.uk
+44 1685725000

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
£16.0mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£17.3m

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

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council publishes Transport Services work continuously — 37 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

74% of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of a high quality and cost effective Education and Social Care Transport Service.

The DPS Supplier Qualification Questionnaire (SQQ) will remain available for the duration of the DPS.

The requirements will cover bus, taxi, minibus and wheelchair accessible vehicles.

The DPS will be structured into the following 5 lots: Lot 1: 4-8 seat vehicles Lot 2: 9-16 seat vehicles Lot 3: 17-49 seat vehicles Lot 4: 50+ seat vehicles Lot 5: Wheelchair accessible vehicles The DPS 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).

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderWales to carry out this procurement process.

To access the tender documentation please visit https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

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
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of a high quality and cost effective Education and Social Care Transport Service.

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

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
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Source
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024311-2024
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