--- title: "Passenger Transport - Dynamic Purchasing System - Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2018-09-26" --- # Passenger Transport - Dynamic Purchasing System - Soft Market Testing Buyer: SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-957ce206-9099-4793-ad37-7381d8cef03b.json) ## Summary Swindon Borough Council is currently in the planning stage for a tender titled "Passenger Transport - Dynamic Purchasing System - Soft Market Testing," aimed at engaging the market for providing buses, coaches, minibuses, and taxis. The market engagement milestone deadline is set for 26th September 2018, with preliminary workshops scheduled for 27th September 2018 at the Council's offices in Swindon, located in the South West region of the United Kingdom. This exercise is part of a broader initiative that aims to define a new procurement proposal and will facilitate future procurement processes according to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This soft market testing exercise presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the transport sector, particularly those specialising in passenger transport services. Companies providing taxi services, non-scheduled passenger transport, and special-purpose road passenger-transport services would be well-suited to engage in this market. With a projected contract value of £15,400,000, potential suppliers are encouraged to attend the workshops and provide feedback, which may shape the specifications for upcoming contracts in public and community transport services. ## Notice Swindon Borough Council is seeking feedback from the market on a new way of procuring the provision of buses, coaches, minibuses and taxis. This market assessment is not part of the procurement process, but is purely investigative in nature, to potentially assist the Council in defining a specification and contract for the services. In preparation for this, it is our intention to hold some 'Soft Market Testing' (Preliminary market consultations) Workshops to advise potential suppliers of our future plans for tendering passenger transport routes. The same information will be gathered from all providers, who wish to participate in the Soft Market testing to assist the Council. This advert relates to a proposed 'soft market testing' exercise only and is NOT a call for competition. Any contracts for services or supplies relating to this exercise may be subject to separate procurement process(es) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). All participants in this 'soft market testing' exercise shall be responsible for their own costs (including third party costs) and the Contracting Authority shall have no liability to any participant. Description The purpose of the Soft Market Testing is to obtain feedback from the market on Swindon Borough Council's new preferred procurement proposal to market for the provision of buses, coaches, minibuses and taxis.. A Dynamic Purchasing System(DPS) via the South West portal using ProContract is the preferred route to market, where the DPS is open to join at any time, however, the first round of mini bids will cover the main routes for public,community,education and social care transport services or routes in the following Lots provisionally : o Routes or bus services requiring passenger vehicles with 17 seats or over. o Routes or bus services requiring passenger vehicles with 9 to 16 seats including wheelchair accessibility. o Routes or bus services requiring passenger vehicles with 4 to 8 seats including wheelchair accessibility. o Ad hoc temporary transport requirements for social care requiring passenger vehicles of any capacity including wheelchair accessibility. o Community and social care transport requirements including dial a ride operations requiring passenger vehicles of potentially any capacity including wheelchair accessibility. Process and Workshop details Participants are invited to respond to the attached soft market testing response document in writing no later than 26-th September, 2018, 14:00hrs UK Local time by e-mail to cparkinson@swindon.gov.uk Workshops will be split into two - Taxi and Mini Bus at 11am and Bus and Coach at 14:30 and will be held on 27th September 2018 at Swindon Borough Council's Offices. As this is the launch of Swindon's Dynamic Purchasing System (DSP), we would like to see as many suppliers as possible and the Agenda for the Workshops will be: Agenda Taxi and Minibus 1. Introduction and Welcome 1100 -1110 2. What we are facing - the key issues ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d344094-2ad0-441b-b5f8-31c0def01921 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Sep 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 26 Sep 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,400,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | SWINDON | | Post town | Swindon | | Postcode | SN1 2JG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | | ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon | | Local authority | Swindon | | Electoral ward | Eastcott | | Westminster constituency | Swindon South | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services ### Codes - 60112000 - Public road transport services - 60120000 - Taxi services - 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services - 60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport - 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - 63712000 - Support services for road transport ## Release History - 26 Sep 2018 at 08:18 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d344094-2ad0-441b-b5f8-31c0def01921 - 20 Sep 2018 at 12:35 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/538f35dd-1bb4-4726-94bd-8afd429bc397 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3d344094-2ad0-441b-b5f8-31c0def01921 26th September 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/538f35dd-1bb4-4726-94bd-8afd429bc397 20th September 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=daa768e3-fbbb-e811-80ee-005056b64545 For further information please see the link ## Notice URLs - http://www.swindon.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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