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DPS for Special Education Needs Transport 2024 to 2028

Blackburn with Darwen

Estimated Value

Not specified

Deadline

11 February 2028

488 days remaining

Published

11 January 2024

Type

Not specified

GB

Overview

This is a four year DPS framework agreement under which we will run mini competitions for school related SEN transport services. All operators that meet the criteria to be on the framework agreement will get the opportunity to bid in e-auctions / mini competitions for specific routes.

The Council envisages offering up an initial package of routes for a set period of time and then subsequently for the same routes for further period of times and/or different routes on different price structures. The criteria for the e-auctions / mini competitions will be lowest price.

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    Gables UK Limited

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Blackburn with Darwen
Typepublic body
Total tenders70
Total spend£194,042,258
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Key Dates

Published

11 January 2024

Submission deadline

11 February 2028

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