Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for SEN, Social Care & Social Inclusion Passenger Transport Services
Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority has established a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for SEN, social care and social inclusion passenger transport services including passenger assistants.
CPV: Road transport services · Taxi services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
- Electronic auction
The authority reserves the right to use reverse electronic auctions at further competition stage. Details and training will be provided prior to their use.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Liverpool City Council will establish a dynamic purchasing system for SEN, social care…Published value£200,000,000
Liverpool City Council will establish a dynamic purchasing system for SEN, social care and social inclusion passenger transport services. This will include the services of passenger assistants.
Once established, the suppliers appointed to the dynamic purchasing system will be invited to bid for specific requirements which will be further detailed in the tender documents. Additional information: The dynamic purchasing system will be available for use by other authorities in the Liverpool City Region who will be able to access the suppliers appointed to the DPS and run their own further competitions..
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
As detailed in the selection questionnaire and specification available with the procurement documents at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
- “Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for SEN, Social Care & Social…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Liverpool City Council buys Road transport services (CPV 6010), and who usually turns up
Liverpool City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Road transport services (CPV 6010) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 28 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12% / 0%
2–315% / 27%
4–619% / 8%
7+54% / 65%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Liverpool City Council will establish a dynamic purchasing system for SEN, social care…CPV 6010Published estimate£200m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–38%
4–613%
7+79%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
24x7 LtdLarge | £5.7m11 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
A2B TravelSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| — | 1 live · £38m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| — | 2 live · £38m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Jul 2023, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Sept 2023, 14:50 BST
- Authority reference
DN676738- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027801- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dfcbFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 17 Aug 2028, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Sept 2023 → 17 Aug 2028 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Sept 2023, 14:50 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Aug 2028, 13:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 17 Aug 2028, 13:00 BST20 Sept 2023, 14:50 BST+1837 days · was 7 Aug 2023, 13:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 7 Aug 2023 | 17 Aug 2028 | +1837 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria