Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Cumberland Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

022291-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 60000000, 60100000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Cumberland Council established 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. The DPS was established on 9th April 2025 and will be open till 28th October 2028, as admittance of new providers will be all year round. There are no further extensions. 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). Providers can join the DPS at any point in time. Contracts will be of varying lengths. 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. 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. 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 Registration on The Chest is free of charge. All bids must be received electronically via The Chest by the closing date stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). 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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1. Award notice observed

   16 May 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   022291-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

  Buyer: Cumberland CouncilSupplier: Andrew Britton T/A Britton Travel

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

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  Official source

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  About this figure

  • No value was published.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  022291-2025-10

• Dynamic Purchasing System for Transport Services

  Buyer: Cumberland CouncilSupplier: Atkinsons Of Brampton

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  Value not published

  Official source

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Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no optionsLot 1aPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 1bPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 2aPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 2bPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 3aPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 3bPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 4aPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 4bPublished 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 5Published 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 9Published 16 May 2025.Open supporting notice 022291-2025

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