Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System DPS 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 28a Wigan Council is extending the DPS originally advertised in The Official Journal of the European Union OJEU with reference number 2015 S 078138444 and extended by notice 2019 S 093224781 For indicative purposes the DPS will be extended for a further period of 2 years from the previous end date of 5th July 2023 Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS Within this Contracts Finder notice a closing date and contract start date have had to be provided interested applicants may however apply to join the DPS at any time during its period of validity 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 extended shortened terminated subject to the notification on the relevant standard forms Additional information The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access free of charge at https wwwthechestorguk 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 email address below hometoschooltransportdpsapplicationwigangovuk WIGAN COUNCIL Integrated Transport Unit Directorate of Places Wigan Life Centre PO Box 100 WN1 3DS Wigan mowenwigangovuk Michelle Owen Tender Notice Selective 89f7c3f581fb404f91c036b4707b698b654572 United Kingdom ocdsb5fd17437016cac60041e9bda5ca4d07f9a399

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