Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport (Taxis and Minibuses)

This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will cover the Council's requirements for taxi and minibus passenger transport services, including passenger assistants (escorts), where appropriate, and will encompass home to/from school and college transport, home to/from care transport, Looked After Children, people with additional needs, including complex needs and/or challenging behaviour, other vulnerable people, and councillors and officers of the Council and any other transport requirement as authorised by the Authorised Officer.

South Tyneside Council on behalf of itself, and their partner organisations including any:

• Public or private entity (including limited companies) in which the Council has a shareholding or interest; • Any Maintained and Academy schools (as defined in the Academies Act 2010) within the Borough of South Tyneside. • South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group, including any successor; • South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, including any successor.

The DPS will open for Supplier accreditation applications from 14 June 2021 and will run to 13 June 2027.

Procurement documents are available free of charge via: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login