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LPS CORP - Provision of Local Bus Services and School Bus Services - Dynamic Purchasing System

Lancashire County Council

Estimated Value

Up to £140,000,000

Deadline

29 December 2029

1175 days remaining

Published

15 December 2020

Type

services

SME SuitableNorth WestGBCall-off from a dynamic purchasing systemCPV: 60000000
CategoryTransport services

Overview

Lancashire County Council procure local and school bus services in Lancashire. The Transport services are arranged and funded by Lancashire County Council.

In addition the services include local bus services across the county and into adjoining local authority areas that are complimentary to bus services provided on a commercial basis and the provision of home to school journeys within Lancashire and surrounding areas. It is the Authority's intention to operate a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the future provision of these services.

Services are developed by the Public and Integrated Transport Team and are let as individual contracts. These are tendered by way of a mini-competition between the appointed suppliers. Further information including details on how the DPS will operate, terms and conditions, specifications, pictorialuser guides, the selection questionnaire required to be completed when requesting to participate in the DPS, and evaluation award criteria to be used to award contracts from the DPS can be found on the link titled provision of Local Bus Services and School Bis Services in Lancashire - dynamic purchasing system which can be located on the following webpage: www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-procurement/tenders/

Eligibility & compliance

The DPS will be split into two categories: - category one - Local Bus Services and category two - School Bus Services To be appointed onto the DPS suppliers must hold specific operator licences for PSV transport services and meet minimum quality standards covering a range of areas including Insurance, vehicles, contract standards, driver training and appropriate clearance and customer care.

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Lancashire County Council
Typepublic body
RegionNorth West
Total tenders207
Total spend£2,513,866,663
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Key Dates

Published

15 December 2020

Submission deadline

29 December 2029

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