Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Wigan Council
Town Hall, Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD36 - Greater Manchester North West
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60100000 - Road transport services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The DPS will be used as the mechanism to procure services by entering into calls for competition with providers on the DPS. In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notices 2019/S 093-224781 and 2023/S 000-017392. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended until 23rd February 2029 from the previous end date of 5th July 2025. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
Transport services to be provided under the DPS include home to school transport for children with special educational needs, home to college transport for young adults with special educational needs, and adult social care transport. Services may be required on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or term time only basis for young people attending special educational needs schools, mainstream schools, mainstream colleges, alternative and
complementary education and residential services, and respite care; and for adults attending day care facilities owned and managed by Wigan Council, community interest companies and
respite care. Clients using the service may be vulnerable and suffer from learning disabilities, behavioural problems, sensory or hearing difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder or another
physical disability. Therefore, some journeys will require that a Passenger Assistant be provided by Wigan Council to accompany them.
In order to meet the variety of transport needs contractors must be able to provide as a minimum one of the following vehicle options to be considered for admittance to the DPS: (i) Standard Car (up to four seats); (ii) Accessible Taxi; (iii) Black Cab; (iv) Minibus (up to eight seats); (v) Minibus (sixteen seats); (vi) Tail Lift Vehicle (minimum of 300kg tail lift required); and, (vii) Coach.
The DPS will be used as the mechanism through which Wigan Council will procure home to school and adult social care transportation services and it will be used as a basis to enter into
calls for competition with providers on the DPS. Individual contracts raised under the DPS may commence at any time and will depend on the local circumstances of Wigan Council. It
is however envisaged that the majority of the home to school contracts will run from the beginning of the Autumn term until the end of the academic year in which they are awarded.
The DPS period can be later amended (shortened or terminated), subject to the notification on the relevant standard forms.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
120
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2015/S 078-138444
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
6 July 2015
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Various companies
Various
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £32,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://www.the-chest.org.uk.
Once the application documents to join the DPS have been obtained from the abovenamed website address, applications to join the DPS must be submitted to the e-mail address
below:
hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand, Holborn
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
seven.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60100000 - Road transport services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKD - North West (England)
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan
Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notices 2019/S 093-224781 and 2023/S 000-017392. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended until 23rd February 2029. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
The DPS can later be amended (shortened or terminated) using the relevant standard forms.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
164
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£53,200,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Various companies
Various
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan
Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notices 2019/S 093-224781 and 2023/S 000-017392. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended until 23rd February 2029. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
The DPS can later be amended (shortened or terminated) using the relevant standard forms.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
Wigan Council is seeking to receive applications for admittance to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). In accordance with The Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulation 34 (28(a)), Wigan
Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) with reference number 2015/S 078-138444 and extended by notices 2019/S 093-224781 and 2023/S 000-017392. For indicative purposes, the DPS will be extended until 23rd February 2029. Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.
The DPS can later be amended (shortened or terminated) using the relevant standard forms.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £32,000,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £53,200,000