Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

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Surrey is a county in South East England with 11 district councils which borders Kent to the east and Hampshire to the west. The Council is establishing a web-based Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure passenger transport services. The DPS will be open to any operator to join at any time, upon satisfying the selection criteria. The Council is seeking to engage with the relevant market to procure passenger transport services that is reliable, safe and secure for: (a) home to school assisted passenger transport service for SEND and mainstream school children, (b) adults transport services. The scope of this Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is to cover all of Council passenger transport inclusive of: 1) home to school transport services to mainstream schools and special educational school in and outside the Boroughs of Surrey; 2) transport for adults with varying disabilities and older people, to and from community support services, respite centres and other provision both within and outside the Boroughs; 3) ad-hoc transport Service provided to respite/short break provision and/or after school clubs and contact centres. Providers are expected to be experienced and operate a high level care service that caters for all the needs of the passengers and in compliance with relevant legislation. They will need to supply appropriate, responsible, client-focused staff for all passengers, especially those with challenging needs.