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Small Vehicle Passenger Transport SV5 DPS

TransportCPV 60000000

ValueValue not published

Deadline30 May 2028

Published12 May 2025

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 12 May 2025635 days leftCloses 30 May 2028

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.

When this comes round again

Leicestershire County Council publishes Transport Services work continuously — 678 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

50% of Leicestershire County Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Provision of passenger transport in small vehicles (less than 8 seats).

This includes home-to-school transport but also social care transport and DRT services.

This notice is to inform the market that the DPS has been extended from 02 June 2025 to 01 June 2028 in line with Regulation 34 of the PCR2015 regime.

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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