Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - Summer Refresh 2026
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBMBC has a statutory duty to provide home to school travel arrangements for eligible children to access their education for both SEN and non-SEN children as outlined in the Home to School/college Travel Assistance Policy. The requirement is for a regular home to school transport service during school term time both in the Borough of Barnsley and out of the Borough, which include daily, weekly, fortnightly, or termly single or return journeys. In addition, the Council also provides transport to and from day centres for vulnerable adults who are covered under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and 1986.
This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2026 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Please note that the route location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils.
CPV: Road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Taxi services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Places
- up to 100 suppliers · 23 bids received (0.2 per place) · 21 appointed
- Market period
- 4 yrs from 21 Feb 2025
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · 1 with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1SEN / LAC Children: Taxi / MPV / Saloon & driver with or without escortCancelledRenewalPublished value£24,000,000
Lot 1 - SEN / LAC Children: Taxi / MPV / Saloon & driver with or without escort– standard vehicles up to 8 seater.
This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2026 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
Please note that the route location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils. The contract start and end dates listed are for the initial period and the Council may extend each route for additional years if no fundamental change occurs to the route when conducting the summer refresh. The total contract value is based on the full duration.
Lot #2SEN / LAC Children: Minibus & driver with or without escortCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
Lot 2 SEN / LAC Children: Minibus & driver with or without escort – standard minibus vehicles up to 16 seater.
This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2026 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
Please note that the route location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils. The contract start and end dates listed are for the initial period and the Council may extend each route for additional years if no fundamental change occurs to the route when conducting the summer refresh. The total contract value is based on the full duration.
Lot #3SEN / LAC Children requiring accessible vehiclesCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
Lot 3 SEN / LAC Children requiring accessible vehicles: Wheelchair accessible vehicles with driver and with or without escort provision.
This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2026 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
Please note that the route location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils. The contract start and end dates listed are for the initial period and the Council may extend each route for additional years if no fundamental change occurs to the route when conducting the summer refresh. The total contract value is based on the full duration.
Lot #4Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential providerCancelledRenewalLot estimate not published
Lot 4 Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider – standard minibus vehicles and wheelchair accessible minibus vehicles up to 16
This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2026 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
Please note that the route location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils. The contract start and end dates listed are for the initial period and the Council may extend each route for additional years if no fundamental change occurs to the route when conducting the summer refresh. The total contract value is based on the full duration.
Lot #5Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider (1)RenewalLot estimate not published
Lot 4: Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider – standard minibus vehicles and wheelchair accessible minibus vehicles up to 16 seaters. The vulnerable adults may be: Older People (OP), people with Learning Disabilities (LD), or people with Physical Disabilities (PD).
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).
Published award criteria (1)
- Price: 100%
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults –…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 100 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 20 Feb 2025, 10:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Feb 2029 – …
- Authority reference
P405- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092016- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4b2Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a contract award notice for the Summer Refresh 2025 call offs from the original DPS notice - 96182 Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults – Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Please note that the location has not been disclosed due to naming specific schools could indirectly identify pupils. The contract start and end dates listed are for the initial period and the Council may extend each route for additional years if no fundamental change occurs to the route when conducting the summer refresh. The total contract value is based on the full duration.
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
21 Feb 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 4 dates- Contract starts21 Feb 2025
- Notice published24 days ago29 Sept 2026, 15:54 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2025- Status changed to complete25 Sept 2025, 13:04 BST
- Procurement method changed25 Sept 2025, 13:04 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast99 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,085,541, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
TS1013
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1025
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1028
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1034
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1035
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1036
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1010
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1011
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1012
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1023
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1024
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1014
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1029
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1030
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1031
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1032
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1037
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1038
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1039
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
TS1041
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Barnsley Council Mediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
- High Court of JusticeMediation body
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
24 commercial parties on the notice- 24 x 7 LtdAdmitted to the market
- A2B TravelAdmitted to the market
- AA Taxis Admitted to the market
- BM TravelAdmitted to the market
- Call and Ride LtdAdmitted to the market
- Club Travel LtdAdmitted to the market
- Excel TravelAdmitted to the market
- Golden Seven CabsAdmitted to the market
- Golden Seven Cabs LtdAdmitted to the market
- ITravel DirectAdmitted to the market
Show 14 more suppliers
- ITravel Direct LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Jamie Hodgson TravelAdmitted to the market
- KP Taxis Admitted to the market
- Martini TaxisAdmitted to the market
- Nexus Taxis LimitedAdmitted to the market
- Platinum Travel BarnsleyAdmitted to the market
- SM Travel Yorkshire LtdAdmitted to the market
- Silverline TravelAdmitted to the market
- Travel ABAdmitted to the market
- Travel DirectAdmitted to the market
- VeezuAdmitted to the market
- Venture TaxisAdmitted to the market
- Venture Taxis LtdAdmitted to the market
- Wyatt Coaches LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria