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Published 21 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Dynamic Purchasing System for Specialist Transport Services (2025)

Official notice

Authority: Warrington Borough Council (Local council)

Dynamic market2 lotsServicesRestricted procedure
Dynamic market estimate£28,000,000total for 2 lots · market-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This Dynamic Purchasing System will be used to procure specialist passenger transport services as required by Warrington Borough Council. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, transport for Home to School, Children with Special Education Needs and Children in Care. It may also be used to procure supported public passenger transport services, transport for various social care purposes and transport for education activities.

The Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Further details of the DPS and how to participate can be found at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.

CPV: Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Taxi services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £28,000,000: it is the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Transport of up to 8 passengersceiling above

Lot 1 - Transport of up to 8 passengers. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, transport for Home to School, Children with Special Education Needs and Children in Care. It may also be used to procure supported public passenger transport services, transport for various social care purposes and transport for education activities.

Further details of the DPS and how to participate can be found at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Transport of over 8 passengersceiling above

Lot 2 - Transport of over 8 passengers. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, transport for Home to School, Children with Special Education Needs and Children in Care. It may also be used to procure supported public passenger transport services, transport for various social care purposes and transport for education activities.

Further details of the DPS and how to participate can be found at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Dynamic Purchasing System for Specialist Transport Services (2025)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Closed
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
21 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT
Last source update
21 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT
Authority reference
DN758476
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007002
Classification (CPV)
Non-scheduled passenger transportPublic road transport servicesSpecial-purpose road passenger-transport servicesTaxi services
Delivery area
North West (UKD61)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e75e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Admission period ends
28 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Feb 2025 → 28 Mar 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Feb 2025, 16:32 GMT
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Warrington Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 1 Time Square, Bewsey & Whitecross, Warrington, North West, WA1 2NTContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.