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title: "Home To School Future DPS Routes - Market Briefing Event"
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# Home To School Future DPS Routes - Market Briefing Event

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-to-school-future-dps-routes-market-briefing-event-ocds-h6vhtk-04c967). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Home To School Future DPS Routes - Market Briefing Event". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000038)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver, Road transport services, Special-purpose road passenger-transport services, Taxi services, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKE31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-to-school-future-dps-routes-market-briefing-event-ocds-h6vhtk-04c967#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c967`

## 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/home-to-school-future-dps-routes-market-briefing-event-ocds-h6vhtk-04c967#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D88744%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/home-to-school-future-dps-routes-market-briefing-event-ocds-h6vhtk-04c967#participate

## Description
The Council is intending to undertake a procurement exercise for the re-procurement of the DPS for its Home to School transport and Adults transport needs. This DPS will replace the current DPS that runs until the end of July 2025.  The council will be holding a face to face briefing event with suppliers on the 28th January 2025 at 11am.
Please note the timescales are indicative.
For the avoidance of doubt - this is a pre-market engagement exercise.
This stage is not a tendering exercise.
In order to register against the tender in this briefing event, please register against this advert and download the market briefing document. Please complete and submit this via the messages area on YORtender by 12noon on the 10th January 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60000000, 60100000, 60120000, 60130000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The Council is intending to undertake a procurement exercise for the re-procurement of the DPS for its Home to School transport and Adults transport needs. This DPS will replace the current DPS that runs until the end of July 2025.  The council will ...
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2025 to 30/06/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040891-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-19T09:16:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:26:28.465Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c967