Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System For Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDynamic Purchasing System (DPS) For Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care and Children Social Care, and Miscellaneous Transport 2025
CPV: Buses and coaches · Minibuses · Public-service buses · Taxi services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 4 yrs 2 mo from 8 Jan 2025
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Taxi and private hire 4-8 passenger seats
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Lot #2Mini bus 9-16 passenger seats
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Lot #3Wheelchair accessible vehicles
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Lot #4Non-emergency ambulance transport Complex passenger needs passengers
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Lot #5Emergency Transport (within 1 hour)
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
Lot #6PSV Vehicles 17 + passenger seats
Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care Children Social Care, Misc Transport 2025
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
Please see tender documentation
- “Dynamic Purchasing System For Home to School Mainstream, Special…” 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 Buckinghamshire Council buys Taxi services (CPV 6012), and who usually turns up
Buckinghamshire 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: Taxi services (CPV 6012) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
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 registered in South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East 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 49 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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 bid0%
2–30%
4–60%
7+100%
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.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
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.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Taxi and private hire 4-8 passenger seatsCPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–36%
4–614%
7+78%
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
RTS TaxisSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
HTSTGSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
GarnettsSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Mini bus 9-16 passenger seatsCPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–35%
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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
RTS TaxisSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Ian NotmanSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
HTSTGSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #3Wheelchair accessible vehiclesCPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–36%
4–614%
7+78%
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Mehdi TaxiSME | 5 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 5 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
Dubars LtdSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 53 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 18 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #4Non-emergency ambulance transport Complex passenger needs passengersCPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–36%
4–615%
7+76%
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
RTS TaxisSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
GarnettsSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
HTSTGSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #5Emergency Transport (within 1 hour)CPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–36%
4–615%
7+77%
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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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 awards in 36m · last 17 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
RTS TaxisSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #6PSV Vehicles 17 + passenger seatsCPV 60120000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–36%
4–614%
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.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
RTS TaxisSME | 3 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
GarnettsSME | 1 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | 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
- 9 Jan 2025, 09:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 09:02 GMT
- Authority reference
COM-CT-000000- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000592- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce6dFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulation 2015 provide for the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 23 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Jan 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 3 dates- Contract starts8 Jan 2025
- Notice published9 Jan 2025, 09:02 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2029, 23:59 GMT
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
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria