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For the provision of Transport of Service Users (Children and Adult Services) within Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council

This public procurement record has 14 releases in its history.

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15 Sep 2026 at 09:41

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26 Jun 2026 at 07:32

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24 Mar 2026 at 13:42

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05 Jan 2026 at 17:26

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17 Sep 2025 at 15:29

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10 Jun 2025 at 11:37

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31 Mar 2025 at 09:44

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17 Dec 2024 at 14:41

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19 Sep 2024 at 16:28

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03 Apr 2024 at 10:46

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02 Jan 2024 at 14:15

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12 Oct 2023 at 09:04

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Summary of the contracting process

Staffordshire County Council procures passenger transport services for children’s and adult social care service users across Staffordshire. The requirement covers transport between service users’ homes and relevant education, care or other service locations, although individual routes and passenger requirements are set within the separate call-offs. The procurement is a service contract under CPV 60000000, transport services excluding waste transport. It is delivered across Staffordshire in the West Midlands. The council uses a dynamic purchasing system (DPS), allowing transport providers to be considered for individual requirements through mini-competitions. The stated opportunity is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. It is therefore relevant to passenger transport operators able to provide local authority transport for both children and adults, rather than to suppliers of goods or construction work.

This procurement has been completed and call-off contracts have been awarded through a selective procedure from the council’s dynamic purchasing system. The latest award was made on 31 May 2026 and published on 15 September 2026. The latest contract runs from 1 June 2026 to 31 August 2026 and is valued at £17,401,573.49. The latest call-off was awarded to a supplier recorded in the award information as “Please refer to weblink”. The DPS process is fully electronic and uses the authority’s Proactis e-sourcing system. The published process records a sequence of quarterly awards covering successive three-month periods from March 2023 onwards, demonstrating repeated call-off activity. The overall tender value is also stated as £17,401,573.49. The recorded tender submission deadline was 31 May 2019.

This requirement is commercially relevant to operators with the vehicles, drivers, operational control and safeguarding arrangements needed to transport children and adults using council services. Providers should be able to manage scheduled passenger journeys across Staffordshire, respond reliably to route-level requirements and support both education-related and adult-service transport. The council’s use of a dynamic purchasing system and repeated quarterly mini-competitions indicates a route into recurring, discrete transport work rather than a single one-off service. Small and medium-sized businesses, voluntary organisations and social enterprises are expressly within the intended supplier market. A credible competitor would therefore need local coverage, dependable fleet and driver capacity, robust safeguarding and passenger-care procedures, and the ability to submit and manage responses electronically through the council’s e-sourcing arrangements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

For the provision of Transport of Service Users (Children and Adult Services) within Staffordshire

Notice Description

The Council invites suppliers to tender to join a Dynamic Purchasing System ( Known as a DPS) for the provision of Transportation for service users (Childrens and Adult Services) within Staffordshire. This DPS is run as a completely Electronic process using the Authority's e sourcing solution (Proactis) This award Notice is to advise the market of Call - Offs (Mini Competitions) that have been awarded from the DPS on a quarterly basis Additional information: A Quarterly Report of Contract Awards Jun26 to Aug26. Details of the awards can be found at: Home to school award notices | Contract award notices | Staffordshire County Council

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-21199728-178b-46d9-a0be-317d10b7da43
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f4e702f0-8226-482c-8346-705cf46ce842
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£17,401,573 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£124,424,940 £100M-£1B
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Feb 20233 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Staffordshire County Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
STAFFORD
Postcode
ST16 2LP
Postcode Area
Stoke-on-Trent
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG24 Staffordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Stafford
Electoral Ward
Forebridge
Westminster Constituency
Stafford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Please refer to weblink

Refer to Weblink

Further Information

Notice Documents

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