Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Tender description

Derby City Council is seeking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), of organisations able to provide transport services including home-to-school, special education needs and social care transport. The purpose of this procurement procedure is to establish the DPS Agreement between the Council and service provider(s) for the provision of transport services. Under this Agreement, transport will be provided using hackney carriage, minibus and private hire vehicles. Vehicles will be of various capacities (minimum 4 seats and upwards and in accordance with current public service vehicle (PSV) legislation, or private hire or hackney carriage legislation. Round 1 application deadline is the 14:00 on the 23.7.2019. Applications are invited for inclusion on the DPS Agreement for the provision of transport services. Under this agreement, transport will be provided using hackney carriage, minibus and private hire vehicles. Vehicles will be of various capacities (minimum 4 seats and upwards and in accordance with current Public Service Vehicle (PSV) legislation, or private hire or hackney carriage legislation. Applicants must meet the minimum requirements of the suitability questionnaire The DPS provider list and access to contract opportunities will operate electronically via the EastMidTender Portal. The Council will be the user of the DPS, however there maybe occasions when other procurement routes are selected for some specific requirements. There will be no obligation on the Council to enter into orders with the DPS providers nor will any guarantee be given as to the quantity or regularity of orders to be made. For these reasons, no guarantees of business value or volume can be given. Applicants will have to form their own views as to the potential for such an arrangement. Applicants must meet the minimum required qualifying criteria for entry onto the DPS and maintain the requisite criteria throughout the DPS agreement term. There are no other restrictions on who can or cannot join the DPS and Applicants may apply to join at any time during the lifetime of the DPS as entry remains open, other than if the Council closes the DPS for any period. The first tranche (round 1) of Applicants will be appointed to the DPS by the 15.8.2019 and it is intended that contract opportunities will commence from that date.