HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT SERVICES DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM (DPS)

Salford Council is prepared to receive applications to be included on the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) List relating to the provision of Home to School Transport and other related transport services, which will be subject to the Council?s Specific Terms and Conditions of Contract, Instructions to Contractors and Contractors Application Form submitted via the Chest ? www.the-chest.org.uk Additional information: The DPS period will be for a period of 10 years. It is intended for the DPS to commence 1st August 2016 and operate for 10 academic years.

During this period, the DPS will remain open to new contractors and will be reviewed on a bi annual basis. Following the evaluation process, the successful and unsuccessful Applicants will be informed electronically whether they have been admitted to the Home to School Transport DPS after which the DPS will become ?active?.

Only Applicants who are admitted onto the DPS will be invited to submit tenders for the route contracts to be offered via mini competitions. To simplify, new applicants can apply any time after the initial closing date of Friday 6th May 2016 and request an application pack via the below email but applications will not be considered until after the main bidding round in August 2016 prior to school starting the new academic year.