Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Tender description

Bexley Council as the Authority is putting in place a DPS for travel and transport services. Initially the use of the DPS will solely be for services for Bexley Council but is available for use by London and South East UK public sector bodies, with services provided by a number of potential providers. Although open to other Councils it is expected that users of the DPS will be from the South London Commissioning Programme (https://slcp.org.uk). All Public Sector bodies accessing this DPS will have a need to access and source travel and transport services on behalf of their organization for children with SEN, and also for use by young people/adults who have additional needs to their destination. The service may also include ad-hoc taxi services as required by the Council. Transport providers that will be commissioned via the Council's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The DPS is open to anyone subject to successful accreditation and enrolment. More information: www.sproc.net The London Borough of Bexley is intending to use a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the procurement of travel and transport services for children’s services and adult social care and health services. The Council are looking to open up our access to the market through the use of a DPS, where new suppliers can join an approved list at any time throughout the lifetime of the contract, initially 2 years (2019-2021). Only those suppliers that meet Bexley’s minimum quality criteria will be invited to tender for individual contracts through the DPS. Once a supplier has successfully enrolled on the DPS, they will benefit from the open market approach by receiving all the opportunities they want to. The DPS will be used to source transport provision for a range of vehicle types operating mainly in and outside the borough of Bexley. There will be some requirements where users of the service have either been placed or attend services outside of the borough, these requirements will also be sourced through the DPS. Bexley Council currently spends approximately 4 000 000 GBP per annum on travel and transport provision for children’s services and adult social care and health services. The majority of the transport opportunities sourced through the DPS will be required mainly for the following reasons: — for children/young persons, transport may be provided to and from school/college, — for adult’s, transport may be provided in order for them to access community support service, respite centres and other provision, — other transport requirements for children’s services, and adult social care and health service. Through the introduction of more choice in the market, Bexley Council is ensuring that it follows best procurement practice by allowing healthy competition for each requirement. Once a supplier has enrolled on the DPS, they will benefit from the process efficiencies that come with the use of a technology platform. This includes self-receipting to ensure invoice payments are processed efficiently.