Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) For Home to School Mainstream, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities, Pupil Referral Units, Post 16 College, Short Term Care and Children Social Care, and Miscellaneous Transport 2025
- Buyer
- Buckinghamshire Council - e-Tendering System
- Value
- Not published
- Closes
- 23 February 2029
- Where
- Aylesbury, the South East
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
Buckinghamshire Council is setting up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to buy transport services for eligible children and young adults to schools, colleges, and care facilities. They need suppliers who can provide home-to-school transport, special needs transport, and related passenger services for children aged 4–16 and young people up to age 25.
What the buyer wants
• Provide minibus/coach transport for eligible children and young adults to and from schools, pupil referral units, sixth form colleges, and day centres • Manage passenger safety, supervision, and duty-of-care requirements for vulnerable children and young people • Operate under a framework agreement with the local authority, responding to individual transport requests as they arise
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a DPS (dynamic purchasing system) framework, not a single contract. You'll need to register on the supplier portal and then bid on individual journeys/routes as they come up. Most small owner-operators without a fleet, formal safeguarding policies, or DBS-cleared staff will struggle. If you have fewer than 2–3 vehicles or limited experience with school/vulnerable passenger transport, you are unlikely to win work.
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.
How dynamic purchasing systems work
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