Official UK procurement notice
Ongoing Applications for our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Provision of Education, Social Care & Ad-Hoc Transport Services
Authority: Wrexham County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWrexham County Borough Council invites Suppliers to submit an application (if not successfully already done so) to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of various Education, Social Care and ad-hoc transport requirements.
Requirements can range from taxis to coaches depending on individual contract requirements.
CPV: Buses and coaches · Electric buses · Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Low-floor buses · Minibuses · Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons · Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons · Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public-service buses · Taxi services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Wrexham County Borough Council is looking to establish a new Dynamic Purchasing System…Renewal
Wrexham County Borough Council is looking to establish a new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the purpose of obtaining quotes for various education and social care transport requirements, as well as ad-hoc taxi requirements. This DPS will cover any home to school and social care transport requirements that arise. This may include requirements for PVC buses, 16 seat mini buses and taxi services.
A DPS is a procurement tool with aspects similar to a framework agreement, but where new suppliers can join at any time and it must be run as a complete electronic process. The DPS is a two-stage process. Firstly all suppliers who meet the selection criteria and are not excluded will be admitted to the DPS, and new suppliers can apply to join the DPS at any point during its lifetime. Individual contracts are awarded during the second stage; WCBC will invite all suppliers on the DPS to bid for contracts. The DPS will be administered electronically via Bravo e-Tenderwales solution.
Full details can be found within the tender documentation.
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 within the tender documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Ongoing Applications for our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the…” 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 Wrexham County Borough Council buys Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 6014), and who usually turns up
Wrexham County Borough 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: Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 6014) →
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 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 outside Wales (Cymru).
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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 40 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 buyer’s 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 bid13% / 10%
2–331% / 30%
4–638% / 22%
7+19% / 38%
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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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 #1Wrexham County Borough Council is looking to establish a new Dynamic Purchasing System…CPV 6014Estimate 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 bid12%
2–325%
4–616%
7+46%
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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 |
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| 8 awards in 36m · last 13 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 22 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | 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 · publisher note attached- 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
- 25 Nov 2021, 10:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2022, 09:41 BST
- Authority reference
Proc-19-103- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016369- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f9f4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed within the tender documents
- Review procedure
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers. The award decision notice will specify the criteria for the award of the contract, the reasons for the decision, including when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the Contracting Authority will not conclude the contract. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 6 months (and 30 days in certain circumstances).
Publisher note: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender. 1. Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once). Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Click the “Click here to register” link. Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”. Enter your correct business and user details. Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender. Login to the portal with the username/password. Click the “Open Access PQQs/ITTs” link (These are Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier). Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your “My PQQ/ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). Click on the PQQ/ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box. 3. Responding to the tender. You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting); You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification; Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT; There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8:00 – 18:00) NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=122165 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: As detailed in tender documents (WA Ref:122165) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via JaggaerTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Admission period ends
- 14 Jun 2027, 08:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
Timeline
15 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2028 · 3 dates- Notice published15 Jun 2022, 09:41 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 235 days · period end, not a bid countdown14 Jun 2027, 08:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected16 Jun 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 14 Jun 2027, 08:00 BST15 Jun 2022, 09:41 BST+1966 days · was 25 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Initial Application Deadline Extension Please note that the deadline has been extended until February 3rd at 5pm. The tender/DPS can be accessed via Bravo eTenderWales. Thanks, Procurement
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
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria