Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Cumberland Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

d40f1111-ada3-45c0-b566-c850ab49d7c8-842453

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 60000000

Published tags

award

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27 Aug 2026

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 \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 \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 \r Providers can join the DPS at any point in time.\r \r Contracts will be of varying lengths.\r \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 \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 \r For further details, and to access the tender documents, including the service specification, please use the council's online procurement portal The Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk\r \r Registration on The Chest is free of charge.\r \r All bids must be received electronically via The Chest by the closing date stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).\r \r Any clarifications you have about the tender must be sent via messaging on the chest by the closing date stated in the ITT.

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   25 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   d40f1111-ada3-45c0-b566-c850ab49d7c8-842453

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

  Buyer: Cumberland CouncilSupplier: Metcalfe Coaches Ltd

  End date in notice

  28 Oct 2028

  Value shown in notice

  £75,000,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-da0032c5-6cea-4009-88db-55a2724dc10c-1

• Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

  Buyer: Cumberland CouncilSupplier: Minibus services

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