Provision of Road Passenger Transport Services for Children and Adults DPS
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Yorkshire · up to £24,000,000
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What the buyer wants
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System for passenger transport services for children and vulnerable adults, including home to school transport and transport to day centres, with various vehicle types and accessibility requirements.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) wishes to establish a transport DPS for the provision of passenger transport for children and adults. BMBC has a statutory duty to provide home to school travel arrangements for eligible children to access their education for both SEN and non-SEN children as outlined in the Home to School/college Travel Assistance Policy. The requirement is for a regular home to school transport service during school term time both in the Borough of Barnsley and out of the Borough, which include daily, weekly, fortnightly, or termly single or return journeys
In addition, the Council also provides transport to and from day centres for vulnerable adults who are covered under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and 1986.
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Services required
- Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
- Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- Road transport services
- Taxi services
- Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
What you will need to show
- Provide vehicles with appropriate accessibility equipment — Suppliers must provide vehicles fitted with equipment to enable safe and comfortable access and travel for passengers, including wheelchair accessible vehicles where required.
- Provide transport services during school term time — Suppliers must provide regular home to school transport services during school term time, including various journey frequencies and routes both within and outside the Borough of Barnsley.
- Provide transport for vulnerable adults to day centres — Suppliers must provide transport services for vulnerable adults covered under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and 1986, including older people and those with learning or physical disabilities.
Lots
- Provision of Road Passenger Transport Services for Children and Adults DPS (up to £24,000,000) — Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) wishes to establish a transport DPS for the provision of passenger transport for children and adults. BMBC has a statutory duty to provide home to school travel arrangements for eligible children to access their education for both SEN and non-SEN children as outlined in the Home to School/college Travel Assistance Policy. The requirement is for a regular home to school transport service during school term time both in the Borough of Barnsley and out of the Borough, which include daily, weekly, fortnightly, or termly single or return journeys In addition, the Council also provides transport to and from day centres for vulnerable adults who are covered under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and 1986. The Providers on this DPS will be required to provide a range of vehicles to deliver the services, from cars to minibuses. There will be a requirement for a number of vehicles to be fitted with appropriate equipment to enable passengers to access/egress the vehicle safely and travel safely and comfortably. The procurement is being undertaken as a Above Threshold Procurement under the PCR 2015 using a Dynamic Purchasing System. The DPS will have the following lots: Lot 1 - SEN / LAC Children: Taxi / MPV / Saloon & driver with or without escort– standard vehicles up to 8 seater. Lot 2 SEN / LAC Children: Minibus & driver with or without escort – standard minibus vehicles up to 16 seater. Lot 3 SEN / LAC Children requiring accessible vehicles: Wheelchair accessible vehicles with driver and with or without escort provision. Lot 4 Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider – standard minibus vehicles and wheelchair accessible minibus vehicles up to 16 seaters. The vulnerable adults may be: Older People (OP), people with Learning Disabilities (LD), or people with Physical Disabilities (PD). Bidders can apply for any of the lots
- Lot 1:SEN/LAC Children: Taxi/ MPV / Saloon & driver with or without escort — Lot 1: - SEN / LAC Children: Taxi / MPV / Saloon & driver with or without escort– standard vehicles up to 8 seater.
- Lot 2: SEN / LAC Children: Minibus & driver with or without escort (1) — Lot 2: SEN / LAC Children: Minibus & driver with or without escort – standard minibus vehicles up to 16 seater.
- Lot 3: SEN / LAC Children requiring accessible vehicles (1) — Lot 3: SEN / LAC Children requiring accessible vehicles: Wheelchair accessible vehicles with driver and with or without escort
- Lot 4: Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider (1) — Lot 4: Vulnerable Adults: Minibus & driver with escort to be provided by the potential provider – standard minibus vehicles and wheelchair accessible minibus vehicles up to 16 seaters. The vulnerable adults may be: Older People (OP), people with Learning Disabilities (LD), or people with Physical Disabilities (PD).
Key facts
- Buyer: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Estimated value: up to £24,000,000
- Deadline: 23 February 2029
- Location: Yorkshire
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 25 September 2026
- CPV: 60170000, 60000000, 60100000, 60120000, 60130000
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