Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services
Cumberland Council · North West · up to £75,000,000
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What the buyer wants
Cumberland Council seeks suppliers for a Dynamic Purchasing System to provide various Passenger Transport Services including Home to School, SEND, and Health, Care and Communities Transport for up to four years. The DPS allows ongoing admission of providers and contracts of varying lengths up to four years. The total contract value is up to £75 million excluding VAT.
Cumberland Council is looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (“DPS”) for the provision of Passenger Transport Services which includes, but not limited to, Home to School, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Pupil Referral Units, and Health, Care and Communities Transport.
The council intends to set up the DPS for a period of 4 years from 9th April 2025 to 23rd February 2029 and admittance of new providers will be all year round. There are no further extension.
It will be a two-stage process: during the first stage interested Tenderers must meet the council’s selection criteria in order to be admitted onto the system. Contracts are awarded during the second stage of the process. In stage two the council will invite Tenderers successfully admitted on the DPS to bid for contracts (routes).
Contracts will be of varying lengths up to a maximum of 4 years except in exceptional circumstances when a longer period may be offered.
The total value for the duration of the DPS, from start date to end date, will not exceed £75M, excluding VAT. Details of expenditure and extension periods are indicative only.
Admittance onto the DPS is NOT a guarantee of work and opportunities will be published following the call off procedure. A decision may be made at the Council’s sole discretion to carry out transport provision in house.
For further details, and to access the tender documents, including the service specification, please use the council's online procurement portal The Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk
Registration on The Chest is free of charge.
All bids must be received electronically via The Chest by the closing date stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Any clarifications you have about the tender must be sent via messaging on the chest by the closing date stated in the ITT.
How Tenderoo reads it
This is a dynamic purchasing system (a dynamic market under the Procurement Act): suppliers can apply to join at any point while it runs, and work is awarded in rounds to the members. A missed deadline is not the end of it.
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Passenger Transport Services
- Home to School Transport
- Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Transport
- Pupil Referral Units Transport
- Health, Care and Communities Transport
- Ad Hoc Taxi Services
- Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Transport
Documents to submit
- Tender documents including service specification available on The Chest portal
Lots
- Up to 8 passenger seats — For the provision of Transport Services up to 8 passenger seats
- Up to 8 passenger seats with a passenger assistant — Provision of Transport Services for up to 8 passenger seats with a passenger assistant
- Between 9 and 16 passenger seats — Provision of Transport Services for between 9 and 16 passenger seats
- Between 9 and 16 passenger seats with a passenger assistant — Provision of Transport Services for between 9 and 16 passenger seats with a passenger assistant
- 17 passenger seats and above — Provision of Transport Services for 17 passenger seats and above
- 17 passenger seats and above with a passenger assistant — Provision of Transport Services for 17 passenger seats and above with a passenger assistant
- Wheelchair accessible vehicles — Provision of Transport Services which require Wheelchair accessible vehicles
- Wheelchair accessible vehicles with a passenger assistant — Provision of Transport Services which require Wheelchair accessible vehicles with a passenger assistant
- Ad Hoc Taxis — Provision of Transport Services for Ad Hoc Taxis which can include, but not limited to, one off journeys and Rural Wheels services
Key facts
- Buyer: Cumberland Council
- Estimated value: up to £75,000,000
- Deadline: 23 February 2029
- Location: North West
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 25 September 2026
- CPV: 60100000
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