Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

Official notice Find a Tender notice

Authority: Cumberland Council

Open procedure

CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) (60000000)

Published DPS value£75,000,000Agreement value; may be a ceiling, not a single purchase

Contract ends 28 Oct 2028

Panel 97 suppliers24x7 Ltd, 3D travel, A TAXI and 94 more

Contract starts 9 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cumberland Council is looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System ("DPS") for the provision of Passenger Transport Services which includes, but not limited to, Home to School, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Pupil Referral Units, and Health, Care and Communities Transport.\r

The council intends to set up the DPS from 9th April 2025 to 28th October 2028 and admittance of new providers will be all year round. There are no further extensions.\r

It will be a two-stage process: during the first stage interested Tenderers must meet the council's selection criteria in order to be admitted onto the system. Contracts are awarded during the second stage of the process. In stage two the council will invite Tenderers successfully admitted on the DPS to bid for contracts (routes).\r

Providers can join the DPS at any point in time.\r

Contracts will be of varying lengths.\r

The total value for the duration of the DPS, from start date to end date, will not exceed £75M, excluding VAT. Details of expenditure and extension periods are indicative only.\r

Admittance onto the DPS is NOT a guarantee of work and opportunities will be published following the call off procedure. A decision may be made at the Council's sole discretion to carry out transport provision in house.\r

For further details, and to access the tender documents, including the service specification, please use the council's online procurement portal The Chest - www.the-chest.org.uk/r ↗

Registration on The Chest is free of charge.\r

All bids must be received electronically via The Chest by the closing date stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).\r

Any clarifications you have about the tender must be sent via messaging on the chest by the closing date stated in the ITT.

Published procurement details

Procedure: Open procedure
Buyer reference: CC001-DN761218-98667915
Category: Services
Tender status: Complete
Award status: Active
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises: Yes
Tender deadline: 12 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Published: 10 Feb 2025, 17:44 GMT
Procurement method: Open
Item 1: Delivery locations as published: England, United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates

Notice published
10 Feb 2025
Award decision
2 Apr 2025
Contract starts
9 Apr 2025
Contract ends
28 Oct 2028

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cumberland CouncilContracting authority Cumbria House, 107 - 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD, EnglandContact name, email, phone
URL
https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/

Suppliers named on the notice

24x7 LtdSupplier CM6 2JN
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
Large
3D travelSupplier CA28 8RR
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
A TAXISupplier LA12 0QF
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
AAA Taxi'sSupplier CA2 4SS
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
abletravel of cumbriaSupplier CA16 6BE
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
ADL TravelSupplier la9 7lj
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Alex taxisSupplier LA97SH
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Alston TaxisSupplier CA9 3LD
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Amble Coaches LimitedSupplier CA8 7DX
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Andrew Britton T/A Britton TravelSupplier CA10 3ST
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Atkinsons Of BramptonSupplier CA8 1DA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Beeline Taxis LtdSupplier CA2 5AN
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Bens TaxisSupplier Ca13er
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
blencathra taxisSupplier CA12 4SY
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Blue Star Taxis (Kendal) LtdSupplier LA9 6DU
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Border Taxi's Carlisle LTDSupplier CA24NH
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Carlisle 247365 Taxis LtdSupplier CA3 8RN
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Chris Saunders TaxiSupplier LA9 6EQ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
CITY TAXISSupplier CA3 OHD
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Criffel Vue Private Hire LtdSupplier ca70nu
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Cumbria Airport Taxis LtdSupplier CA13 0HQ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Cumbria Coaches LtdSupplier CA1 3NQ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
CUMBRIA COUNCILSupplier CA8 9AE
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
d and g private hireSupplier LA18 4AG
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
D Travel.Supplier CA10 1AT
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Davidson minibusesSupplier CA6 5QD
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Downton Travel LtdSupplier CA28 9HY
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Ellenvale Coach Company LtdSupplier CA7 3DA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Fell View Private Hire LTDSupplier CA7 9BP
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Ferdi Ozkan TaxisSupplier CA2 4DJ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
freefone taxisSupplier ca14 1qd
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
FTS Coach Hire LimitedSupplier LA12 0QP
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Furness of Keswick LTDSupplier CA12 5PB
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Future Private Hire TaxisSupplier CA25 5NR
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
GH a2b taxisSupplier CA14 4JA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
GO NORTH EASTSupplier NE8 2UA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
Large
Gosforth taxisSupplier CA20 1NB
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
gtbtransportservicesSupplier la14 4lz
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Herdwick TravelSupplier LA9 7NW
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Heron TravelSupplier LA9 5HQ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Hobans Contracting Cars LtdSupplier NE1 5JE
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Hutton HireSupplier LA8 0NG
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Irving of DalstonSupplier CA5 7LB
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Irving's Coach HIre LtdSupplier CA1 2DE
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Irvings taxi hireSupplier CA5 6LJ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
JD Coaches Cumbria LtdSupplier CA10 1AT
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Just airportsSupplier Ca2 7 hh
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
JustcabsSupplier CA15 7AA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
K & FM & C JohnsonSupplier CA8 2JJ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
K Cars Kendal (UK) LimitedSupplier LA9 6DU
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Lakeside Private HireSupplier LA9 4JH
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
lee venusSupplier CA1 3SB
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
lew's taxisSupplier ca14 5ef
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
M & I Travel ltdSupplier CA14 2TQ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
M&V carsSupplier La18 4ad
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
mandm taxisSupplier la15 8sy
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
MaryportTravelSupplier CA15 7LZ
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Metcalfe Coaches LtdSupplier CA1 3JB
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Metro TaxisSupplier CA2 5JA
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME
Minibus servicesSupplier Ca2 7hh
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME

37 more suppliers are named on the notice.

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder tenderTender noticeen10 Feb 2025, 17:44 GMT
Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder tenderTender noticeen10 Feb 2025, 17:44 GMT
Updated 17 Feb 2025, 10:46 GMT
Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder tenderTender noticeen10 Feb 2025, 17:44 GMT
Updated 17 Feb 2025, 10:51 GMT
Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder tenderTender noticeen10 Feb 2025, 17:44 GMT
Updated 18 Feb 2025, 18:13 GMT
Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder awardAward noticeen25 Apr 2025, 14:48 BST

Source record

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice language: en
Release reference: ocds-b5fd17-da0032c5-6cea-4009-88db-55a2724dc10c-2025-04-25T14:48:33+01:00
Published: 10 Feb 2025
Latest update: 25 Apr 2025
Procedure reference: ocds-b5fd17-da0032c5-6cea-4009-88db-55a2724dc10c
Contract reference: ocds-b5fd17-da0032c5-6cea-4009-88db-55a2724dc10c-1