Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for SEN, Social Care & Social Inclusion Passenger Transport Services

Buyer
Liverpool City Council
Value
£200,000,000
Closes
17 August 2028
Where
Liverpool, the North West
Type
Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)

In plain English

Liverpool City Council is running a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), an open supplier list, for passenger transport services for people with special educational needs, social care clients, and vulnerable groups. The council will use this list to hire operators and their passenger assistants. You can apply to join this supplier list anytime until August 2028.

What the buyer wants

• Provide passenger transport services (minibus/coach operation) for SEN pupils, social care clients, and socially excluded groups • Supply trained passenger assistants to accompany passengers on journeys • Meet all safeguarding, DBS, insurance, and vehicle compliance standards required for vulnerable passenger transport

Likely requirements

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

Most small sole traders and micro-businesses will struggle: this is a £200m framework requiring robust safeguarding, DBS clearance for all staff, compliant vehicles, passenger assistant payroll, insurance, and proven experience with vulnerable passengers, typical applicants are established coach/minibus operators or care transport firms, not one-person operations.

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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