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Transport Services for Vulnerable Children and Adults (DPS)

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Buyer
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Topic
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Published
7 December 2022
Submission
31 July 2033in 7 years
Source
uk:procontracts

Tender description

<p>Stoke on Trent City Council is seeking licenced operators to supply taxi, minibus and coach transportation services for some of the most vulnerable citizens in the City. These include Children and Adults with a range of disabilities and complex needs some of whom may exhibit behaviours that challenge.</p> <p>Taxi Transport Applicants may apply to be admitted to the DPS for any number of lots, but will only be admitted if the minimum standards are met. It is intended that the DPS will be in place for 8 years with extension options of 2 x 12 months.</p> <p>The Council reserves the right to close the DPS early and go back out to the market if necessary due to service requirement changes or the DPS is no longer a suitable mechanism for the purchase of transport.</p> Keywords: Taxi Services

Timeline

  1. Tender published7 December 2022
    Current notice
  2. Submission date31 July 2033in 7 years

About the buyer

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a local authority, and its Category Management team runs procurement from the Civic Centre. Contract opportunities are listed on the council's own tender-search portal and on the government's Contracts Finder service. Pro-Contract, the Supply Stoke and Staffordshire portal, hosts contract opportunities shared across Staffordshire councils. A Commercial Pipeline gives suppliers advance notice of upcoming contracts before they are formally advertised. Every tendering procedure follows the council's own Procurement Code alongside the Procurement Act 2023. An awarded contracts directory publishes the outcome of every past tender for suppliers to review.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 60000000 · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

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