Notice Information
Notice Title
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport (Taxis and Minibuses)
Notice Description
This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will cover the Council's requirements for taxi and minibus passenger transport services, including passenger assistants (escorts), where appropriate, and will encompass home to/from school and college transport, home to/from care transport, Looked After Children, people with additional needs, including complex needs and/or challenging behaviour, other vulnerable people, and councillors and officers of the Council and any other transport requirement as authorised by the Authorised Officer.
Lot Information
Lot 1
South Tyneside Council is procuring this DPS on behalf of itself, and their partner organisations including any: * Public or private entity (including limited companies) in which the Council has a shareholding or interest; * Any Maintained and Academy schools (as defined in the Academies Act 2010) within the Borough of South Tyneside. * South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, including any successor; * South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, including any successor. The majority of contracts awarded under this DPS will be for the transportation of approximately 694 children and young people to and from school and college, 100 of whom attend 34 schools outside of the borough of South Tyneside, but within the North East. Other transport needs also include, but not limited to, the transportation of Looked After Children, people with additional needs, including complex needs and/or challenging behaviour, other vulnerable people, and councillors and officers of the Council and any other transport requirement as authorised by the Authorised Officer.
Options: The duration of the DPS will be 6 years (72 months), however this may be reduced or extended in line with the provisions set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Renewal: This DPS is operational for 6 years, during this time suppliers may apply to join the DPS. Once on this DPS list, suppliers will be invited to tender for all the council's transport requirements. Contracts issued during the operation of the DPS are likely to be between 1-3 year duration and therefore renewable. Passenger transport is an ongoing requirement and once this DPS expires (June 2027) a renewed procurement is likely to take place.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029ce1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067718-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £12,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £12,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Apr 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- June 2027
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Karen Dixon
- Contact Email
- karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7585966533
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTH SHIELDS
- Postcode
- NE33 2RL
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- South Tyneside
- Electoral Ward
- Beacon and Bents
- Westminster Constituency
- South Shields
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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