Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - Home to School/College Transport Services

Buyer
The Borough Council of Calderdale
Value
£2,500,000
Closes
31 July 2028
Where
Halifax, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)

In plain English

Calderdale Council is setting up a system to find bus and minibus operators to provide home-to-school and home-to-college transport for students. If you're selected, you'll bid against other operators on price when the council needs transport services.

What the buyer wants

• Operate minibuses or buses to transport school and college students on fixed routes between home and education settings • Meet selection criteria set out in the council's questionnaire (likely insurance, safety records, driver checks, vehicle standards) • Respond to mini-competitions (tendering rounds) issued by the council, competing on price

Likely requirements

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

This contract requires specialist passenger transport licensing and regulatory compliance that most small tradespeople don't have; you must be a coach/minibus operator or hire company, not a general tradesperson or builder.

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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