Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Wigan Council
Integrated Transport Unit, Directorate of Places, Wigan Life Centre, PO Box 100
Wigan
WN1 3DS
UK
Contact person: Michelle Owen
Telephone: +44 1942489365
E-mail: m.owen@wigan.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.wigan.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.wigan.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.the-chest.org.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the following address:
Wigan Council
Applications to join the DPS must be submitted to the e-mail address below.
hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk
UK
E-mail: hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.wigan.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notice 2019/S 093-224781. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended for a further period of 2 years to 5th July 2025. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
32 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60100000
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
Main site or place of performance:
Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The DPS will be used as the mechanism to procure services by entering into calls for competition with providers on the DPS. In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notice 2019/S 093-224781. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended for a further period of 2 years from the previous end date of 5th July 2023. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
Transport services to be provided under the DPS include home to school transport for children with special educational needs, home to college transport for young adults with special educational needs, and adult social care transport. Services may be required on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or term time only basis for young people attending special educational needs schools, mainstream schools, mainstream colleges, alternative and complementary education and residential services, and respite care; and for adults attending day care facilities owned and managed by Wigan Council, community interest companies and respite care. Clients using the service may be vulnerable and suffer from learning disabilities, behavioural problems, sensory or hearing difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder or another physical disability. Therefore, some journeys will require that a Passenger Assistant be provided by Wigan Council to accompany them.
In order to meet the variety of transport needs contractors must be able to provide as a minimum one of the following vehicle options to be considered for admittance to the DPS: (i) Standard Car (up to four seats); (ii) Accessible Taxi; (iii) Black Cab; (iv) Minibus (up to eight seats); (v) Minibus (sixteen seats); (vi) Tail Lift Vehicle (minimum of 300kg tail lift required); and, (vii) Coach.
The DPS will be used as the mechanism through which Wigan Council will procure home to school and adult social care transportation services and it will be used as a basis to enter into calls for competition with providers on the DPS. Individual contracts raised under the DPS may commence at any time and will depend on the local circumstances of Wigan Council. It is however envisaged that the majority of the home to school contracts will run from the beginning of the Autumn term until the end of the academic year in which they are awarded.
The DPS period can be later amended (extended, shortened, terminated), subject to the notification on the relevant standard forms.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
32 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and previously extended by 2019/S 093-224781. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended for a further period of 2 years from the previous end date of 5th July 2023 to 5th July 2025.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://www.the-chest.org.uk.
Once the application documents to join the DPS have been obtained from the abovenamed website address, applications to join the DPS must be submitted to the e-mail address below:
hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Applicants to the DPS should refer to and fully comply with all requirements detailed within the documents 'Service Specification' and 'Contractors Application Form'. Applicants should in particular refer to the following sections within document 'Service Specification': 'Vehicle Requirements' and 'The Driver'; and to the following sections within the 'Contractors Application Form': 'Part 1 - Contractor Information' - 'Current Licence and Fleet Details' and 'Part 2 - Eligibility Section' - 'Contract Standards', 'Employees', 'Vehicles' and 'General Enquiries'.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 093-224781
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/07/2025
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://www.the-chest.org.uk.
Once the application documents to join the DPS have been obtained from the abovenamed website address, applications to join the DPS must be submitted to the e-mail address below:
hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand, Holborn
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/06/2023