DPS for Home To School Transport

Buyer
Blackburn with Darwen
Value
£2,500,000 – £4,000,000
Closes
21 May 2027
Where
Blackburn, the North West
Type
Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)

In plain English

Blackburn with Darwen Council is setting up a four-year framework agreement to run home-to-school transport services. Any transport operator that meets their criteria can join the framework and compete for specific school routes as they become available.

What the buyer wants

• Provide minibus or coach transport to get schoolchildren to and from school safely on assigned routes • Meet all safety, insurance, and safeguarding standards for transporting young people • Be available to bid on individual routes during the four-year DPS period when the council releases new competitions

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This contract is almost certainly only open to registered coach and minibus operators with existing PSV (passenger service vehicle) licences and insurance, sole traders or general small businesses without transport licensing will not qualify.

How to bid

This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.

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