Passenger Transport Service using a Taxi or Private Hire Car DPS

This notice involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system. Warwickshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced operators for admission to their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of a passenger transport service using a taxi or private hire car.

The required vehicle size for this contract is no more than 8 seats. The period of validity of the DPS will be 7 years from commencement.

The DPS will be used for the provision of a passenger transport service using a taxi or private hire car. Passenger Assistants may be required on some routes.

Once the DPS is established, operators will be advised of the opportunities available as and when they arise - operators can then choose whether they want to bid for the requirement or not. (It is not compulsory to bid for every opportunity offered, all operators on the DPS will be informed of the opportunity, but can choose whether or not to bid on an individual basis).

Tender opportunities are likely to be offered either via an electronic auction (e-auction) exercise or via an electronic quote mechanism (currently In-tend). The current estimated annual contract value is circa £9M (GBP) per annum.

This value is provided for estimation purposes only and is subject to change. Operators should 'self-certify' their compliance with the selection requirements and confirm that none of the grounds for exclusion apply in order to gain admittance to the DPS.

Operators who are successful at this stage will be admitted to the DPS. Once the DPS is established the Council will invite all operators on the DPS to submit prices to operate specific route/s as and when they become available - operators can choose if they want to bid for the requirement or not.

Additional information: The Contracting Authority has identified that the scope of this procurement falls within a business sector which may be attractive to infiltration by organised crime groups. The Contracting Authority therefore reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks / requirements at both the selection and award stages of the procurement.

The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets Registration and use of In-Tend is free. Once registered, all correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function.