--- title: "Market engagement related to transport provisions for Special Educational Needs, Home to School, Adult Social Care and Local Bus contracting models." ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2022-12-16" --- # Market engagement related to transport provisions for Special Educational Needs, Home to School, Adult Social Care and Local Bus contracting models. Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53.json) ## Summary Essex County Council is conducting a planning phase for a tender titled "Market engagement related to transport provisions for Special Educational Needs, Home to School, Adult Social Care, and Local Bus contracting models." The procurement process involves engaging potential suppliers for the 2024 procurement of these services, with an expected annual spend of approximately £40 million. The planning milestone includes an engagement end date on January 10, 2023, and interested businesses can contact Megan.Hunt@essex.gov.uk for further information. This tender by Essex County Council offers business growth opportunities for suppliers interested in providing transport services for Special Educational Needs, Home to School, Adult Social Care, and Local Bus contracts. The procurement stage is planning, focusing on market engagement to explore potential options for service delivery models. Businesses capable of managing complex transport requirements and subcontracting work to other suppliers would be well-suited to compete in this opportunity. ## Notice ECC is currently in its final year of its Passenger Transport DPS. As a result, the Passenger Transport Procurement Team are exploring potential options for the 2024 procurement of Home to School, Adult Social Care and Local Bus contracts, one of which is a lead provider model. This PIN seeks to understand if there would be any potential suppliers interested in being a lead provider in this category. The expected spend for this potential opportunity would be PS40 million annually. We are interested to hear the market views on the deliverability of services under this model and the best possible ways to divide the current services. This could involve a single supplier providing transport services across the whole county or alternatively a lead provider in each quadrant of the county or a split per service type. A lead provider should be able to take on all requirements specified by ECC, and it is likely a proportion of this work will need to be subcontracted to a number of other suppliers. To express an interest in this PIN please contact Megan.Hunt@essex.gov.uk. Any supplier who expresses an interest in this PIN by will be invited to discuss this lead provider model further. Please note this PIN is for information purposes only and does not assure a lead provider model will be used in the future and does not guarantee any provider any work in the future. Additional information: Prior Information Notice: Legal Basis: Directive 2014/24/EU Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses Official name: Essex County Council Town: Chelmsford NUTS code: UKH34 Essex Haven Gateway Country: United Kingdom Contact person: E-mail: Megan.Hunt@essex.gov.uk Main address: www.essex.gov.uk I.3) Communication Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address I.4) Type of the contracting authority Regional or local authority I.5) Main activity Other activity: Market Testing Section II: Object II II.1 Scope of the procurement II.1.1) Title: Market engagement related to transport provisions for Special Educational Needs, Home to School, Adult Social Care contracting models. II.1.4) Short description: ECC is currently in its final year of its Passenger Transport DPS. As a result, the Passenger Transport Procurement Team are exploring potential options for the 2024 procurement of Home to School, Adult Social Care and Local Bus contracts, one of which is a lead provider model. This PIN seeks to understand if there would be any potential suppliers interested in being a lead provider in this category. The expected spend for this potential opportunity would be PS40 million annually. We are interested to hear the market views on the deliverability of services under this model and the best possible ways to divide the current services. This could involve a single supplier providing transport services across the whole county or alternatively a lead provider in each quadrant of the county or a split per service type. A lead provider should be able to take on all requirements specified by ECC, and it is likely a proportion of this work will need to be subcontracted to a number of other suppliers. In order to express an interest in this PIN please contact Megan.Hunt@essex.gov.uk. Any supplier who expresses an interest in this PIN will be invited to discuss this lead provider model further. Please note this PIN is for information purposes only and does not assure a lead provider model will be used in the future and does not guarantee any provider any work in the future. II.1.5) Estimated total value: Around PS40 million is currently spent via the DPS. II.1.6) Information about lots This contract is divided into lots: no II.2) Description II. 2.3) Place of performance II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This PIN does not relate to a procurement exercise and is for information purposes only. II.2.14) Additional information Section IV: Procedure IV.1) Description IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes Section VI: Complementary information VI.3) Additional information: VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: Closing date for responses: 10.01.23 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44c3fc9e-3f25-4ffb-a40d-5976680c8523 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Jan 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60100000 - Road transport services ## Release History - 16 Dec 2022 at 10:27 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44c3fc9e-3f25-4ffb-a40d-5976680c8523 - 13 Dec 2022 at 14:05 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44c3fc9e-3f25-4ffb-a40d-5976680c8523 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44c3fc9e-3f25-4ffb-a40d-5976680c8523 16th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c20b8dca-0e4b-450c-86dd-5b0b1172fb53.json.