Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf4-e148-70af-b319-5f3ded63d5f8/home-to-school-transport-and-adult-social-care-transport-dynamic-purchasing-syst closed GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) [Wigan Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/wigan-council) Estimated value £8,000,000 to £9,000,000 Published 17 Apr 2015 Deadline Closed 18 May 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Transport services to be provided under the DPS include home to school transport for children with special educational needs, home to college transport for young adults with special educational needs and adult social care transport. Services may be required on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or term time only basis for young people attending special educational needs schools, mainstream schools, mainstream colleges, alternative and complementary education and residential services, and respite care; and for adults attending day care facilities owned and managed by Wigan Council, community interest companies and respite care. Clients using the service may be vulnerable and suffer from learning disabilities, behavioural problems, sensory or hearing difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder or another physical disability. Therefore, some journeys will require that a Passenger Assistant be provided by Wigan Council to accompany them. In order to meet the variety of transport needs contractors must be able to provide as a minimum one of the following vehicle options to be considered for admittance to the DPS: (i) Standard Car (up to four seats); (ii) Accessible Taxi; (iii) Black Cab; (iv) Minibus (up to eight seats); (v) Minibus (sixteen seats); (vi) Tail Lift Vehicle (minimum of 300kg tail lift required); and, (vii) Coach. The DPS will be used as the mechanism through which Wigan Council will procure home to school and adult social care transportation services and it will be used as a basis to enter into calls for competition with providers on the DPS. Individual contracts raised under the DPS can commence at any time once the invitation to tender for the first specific procurement under the DPS has been sent and will depend on the local circumstances of Wigan Council. It is envisaged that the majority of the home to school contracts will run from the beginning of the Autumn term 2015/16 until the end of the academic year in which they were awarded. The DPS shall run for a period of four years from 2015 to 2019. The closing date for initial applications to the Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport DPS is Monday 18th May 2015 at 17:00. Once the invitation to tender for the first specific procurement under the DPS has been sent the DPS will be open to further applications for admittance. Note: Within this notice the contract start and contract end dates stated indicate the period of validity of the DPS system and not to the length of individual contracts arising from the DPS. Actual contract lengths will be of variable duration. This contract notice has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444. Additional information: Wigan Council is using the e-procurement portal known as The Chest at [the-chest.org.uk](https://www.the-chest.org.uk/) to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the DPS application documents applicants will need to register their details at the following link [thechest.nwce.gov.uk](https://www.thechest.nwce.gov.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf/frm_home?openForm). Once registered applicants will be e-mailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the application documents. Only the first round of calls for competition issued by Wigan Council under the DPS shall be issued through and applications submitted via The Chest. Once the DPS is open to new applications, such applications, and all further calls for competition, shall be made, communicated and submitted via e-mail addresses designated for this purpose, details of which are available within the procurement documentation. During the period of validity of the DPS a notice will be displayed on The Chest from which new applicants will be able to obtain the application documentation. Read full description ## CPV classification Taxi services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/50246c6f-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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