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Wigan Council

Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£53.2m
Deadline23 Feb 2029
Published9 Jun 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 9 Jun 2025943 days leftCloses 23 Feb 2029
Who to contact
m.owen@wigan.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Wigan Council, Applications to join the DPS must be submitted to the e-mail address below., United Kingdom. NUTS code: UKD3. hometoschooltransportdpsapplication@wigan.gov.uk, https://www.wigan.gov.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£53.2mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£57.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

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.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Providers already on the DPS do not

Providers already on the DPS do not need to reapply as they will automatically remain on the DPS.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05450f
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
030841-2025
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