Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Buyer

WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

Value

£53,200,000

Closes

22 February 2029

Where

Wigan, the North West

Type

Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)

In plain English

Wigan Council is building a long-term supplier list (Dynamic Purchasing System) for transport services, including minibuses, taxis, and coaches to take children with special needs to school and adults to day care or respite services. They're accepting applications to join this supplier list now and will call off services from it as needed until February 2029.

What the buyer wants

• Provide at least one type of vehicle from the approved list (standard car, accessible taxi, black cab, minibus with 8 or 16 seats, tail lift vehicle, or coach) • Transport children with special educational needs, young adults, and vulnerable adults to schools, colleges, day care, and respite facilities • Work flexibly on daily, weekly, fortnightly, or term-time-only schedules • Accommodate passengers with learning disabilities, behavioural problems, sensory difficulties, autism, or physical disabilities; may need to work alongside council-provided Passenger Assistants

Likely requirements

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

You must own or have access to at least one approved vehicle type ready to operate immediately; sole traders without their own transport or insurance 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.

How dynamic purchasing systems work

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