Dynamic Purchasing System Agreement (SV5) — (Taxi DPS)

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Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) provides transport for a variety of service users including those accessing children and young people’s and adult social care services. Their specific needs are coordinated by our in-house Transport Operations (TO) Service based at County Hall in Leicestershire. For further details, please see the attached documentation within the project at https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Lot 1: Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) provides transport for a variety of service users including those accessing children and young people’s and adult social care services. Their specific needs are coordinated by our in-house Transport Operations (TO) Service based at County Hall in Leicestershire. As long as suppliers can meet the minimum requirements for entry onto the DPS, there are no restrictions on who can or cannot join. There are also no restrictions on when a supplier can apply to join during the period of the DPS. The intention of the DPS is to appoint suitable operators of taxis to whom LCC will let individual Contracts following a “further competition”; specifically: — the provision of both a driver and vehicle, — the operation of taxis of various seating capacities, — the operation of taxis of various configurations and specifications including wheelchair accessible vehicles, — the carriage of a variety of service users including children, vulnerable adults and those with Special Educational Needs (SEN), — the operation of taxi services in and around the County of Leicestershire and City of Leicester, — the operation of taxis with or without an escort, as required for individual services, — the operation of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services, including those that collect fares. For the award criteria, please see the documentation found within the project: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ On occasion, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) may provide information of approved taxi providers to other local authorities, if it receives a request for this assistance/information. It is anticipated that this will be very infrequent and importantly it should be noted that any contractual arrangements made by those other local authorities will be managed and funded by those local authorities, not LCC.