WSCC - JS - Passenger Transport DPS

Buyer
West Sussex County Council
Value
£175,000,000
Closes
2 May 2027
Where
Chichester, the South East
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

West Sussex County Council is setting up a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) to buy passenger transport services. This is an electronic framework that will be used to purchase transport services over time, with an estimated total value of £175 million. Suppliers can apply to join from May 2022, and the council will issue individual contracts through the system from June 2022 onwards.

What the buyer wants

• Provide passenger transport services (likely including buses, coaches, or minibuses for public or contracted passengers) • Operate through a dynamic purchasing system where you bid for individual jobs as they are issued • Meet all requirements of the Public Contract Regulations 2015

Likely requirements

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

This contract is not suitable for most small businesses. The £175 million estimated value, scale of the DPS, and requirement for passenger transport licenses mean this is designed for established transport operators with multiple vehicles, professional insurance, and significant operational capacity. Solo traders or businesses with fewer than 5-10 vehicles are very unlikely to win meaningful work.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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