All Age Passenger Transport DPS
Estimated Value
Up to £0
Deadline
23 February 2029
913 days remaining
Published
8 July 2025
Type
Not specified
Overview
All Age Passenger Transport Service to include Home to School; SEND and Social care. Requires over 17 seat vehicles; 5-17 seat vehicles; taxis ; black cabs; specially adapted vehicles; ambulance; supported transport and public buses.
A Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Call off from this DPS is available for any public sector body within the West Midlands area.
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The West Midlands is setting up a long-term framework called a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for passenger transport services. Any public sector organisation in the West Midlands region (councils, NHS trusts, schools, etc.) can use this framework to book transport for all ages — from school children to elderly people and those with disabilities. If you're approved onto the DPS, you'll be available to provide different types of transport depending on what customers need.
Requirements
- Ability to operate vehicles with over 17 seats
- Ability to operate 5-17 seat vehicles
- Ability to provide taxi services
- Ability to provide black cab services
- Ability to operate specially adapted/accessible vehicles
- Ability to provide ambulance transport services
- Ability to provide supported transport (staff-accompanied transport for vulnerable passengers)
- Ability to provide public bus services
- Approval to operate in the West Midlands region
- Appropriate vehicle licensing and insurance for passenger transport
- Check full tender documents for specific driver qualifications, DBS checks, training requirements, and compliance standards
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Provide home to school transport for children
- Deliver Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) transport
- Provide social care related passenger transport for vulnerable adults
- Operate a mixed fleet of differently-sized vehicles to meet varying demand
- Respond to call-offs from public sector organisations that have joined the DPS
- Maintain vehicles and services to agreed standards throughout the contract period
- Adapt service provision based on individual passenger needs (e.g. accessibility, supervision)
How to Read This Tender
- 1Understand what a DPS is: it's not a single contract — it's a pre-approved list. Once you're on it, public sector bodies can request your services without re-tendering each time. You'll win work through individual 'call-offs', not one big contract.
- 2This is a framework that will run for several years, so treat it as ongoing business opportunity rather than a one-off project.
- 3The requirement for 'all ages' and 'multiple vehicle types' means you either need to have (or partner with companies that have) buses, minibuses, taxis, adapted vehicles, and ambulances. Check if you can genuinely offer all types or if you need to subcontract some services.
- 4Look carefully in the full documents for: minimum standards, response times for booking requests, insurance requirements, driver training/DBS clearance rules, and how call-offs are priced.
- 5Geographic scope matters — you must be able to serve the West Midlands region. Check if this covers the area where you operate or if you'd need to expand.
Tips for Small Businesses
- Consider forming a consortium with other transport operators. If you only run minibuses, partner with a taxi firm and a specialist ambulance provider so your group can bid for the full range of services.
- You don't need to own every vehicle type yourself — subcontracting is normal in transport. Focus on what you do well and build reliable partnerships with others for the rest.
- DPS frameworks typically have lower barriers to entry than traditional tenders because they're ongoing. Once approved, you can win multiple call-offs over time, so the effort of tendering pays back over several years.
- Check if there are any 'social value' scoring criteria (e.g. local employment, apprenticeships, supporting vulnerable people). Small businesses often score well here and can offset not being the cheapest bidder.
Likely incumbents
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- 1
EML Projects Limited
1 contract wonlatest 28 Jul 2026ends 25 Sept 2026£21,137
total awarded
EML Projects Limited is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Key Dates
Published
8 July 2025
Submission deadline
23 February 2029
Source
council:telford-and-wrekin-council
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