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title: "0763 - ECC Passenger Transport DPS"
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# 0763 - ECC Passenger Transport DPS

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0763-ecc-passenger-transport-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02f137). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "0763 - ECC Passenger Transport DPS". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 January 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f137`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0763-ecc-passenger-transport-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02f137#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Dd7c07819-ed37-ec11-810e-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0763-ecc-passenger-transport-dps-ocds-h6vhtk-02f137#participate

## Description
Essex County Council is seeking to appoint providers to a Dynamic Purchasing
System to deliver Local Bus services as detailed in the contract specifications.
Bidders will also be required to register on the ECC Accounts Payable system. Essex
County Council is required to provide transportation services and assistants for
passengers who qualify under statutory and discretionary policies. These services
include, but are not limited to, Education transport including Mainstream Education,
Special Educational Needs transport, Adult Day Care Centres and Services. In
addition, Essex County Council is required to consider the provision of bus services
where they are not provided by the private sector on a commercial basis. Lots are
split by type and specialism.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Mainstream Transport
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Transport for children to mainstream schools
- **Contract Period:** 03/01/2020 to 02/01/2022
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Social Care (Adults and Children) Transport
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60170000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The term of the DPS Agreement shall be 2 years with the option to extend by such period(s) as it may specify in written notice and may do so on as many occasions as it shall think fit provided the total number of extension period(s) shall not exceed ...
- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2020 to 02/01/2022
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Special Educational Needs Transport
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The term of the DPS Agreement shall be 2 years with the option to extend by such period(s) as it may specify in written notice and may do so on as many occasions as it shall think fit provided the total number of extension period(s) shall not exceed ...
- **Contract Period:** 02/01/2020 to 02/01/2022
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: Local Bus Services
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Provision of local bus services where they are not provided on a commercial basis.
- **Contract Period:** 02/01/2020 to 02/01/2022
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027082-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-28T14:47:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:26:54.406Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f137