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Scottish Borders Community Planning Partnership Sustainable Transport DPS

Scottish Borders Council · All their open notices

What this is

The Scottish Borders Community Planning Partnership (Scottish Borders Council with NHS Borders, Borders College, housing associations, Police and Fire services) runs a Dynamic Purchasing System for sustainable passenger transport: subsidised local bus services, home-to-school transport, sports/excursion conveyance and NHS/community-care transport, operated by PSVs, taxis (up to 8 seats), accessible wheelchair vehicles and minibuses. Operators can JOIN THE DPS AT ANY TIME during its life (to 9 January 2029); admitted operators are invited to mini-competitions for individual service contracts. Estimated GBP 110,000,000 over the 120-month DPS; via PCS-Tender (project 12063).

Key points

  • Borders-wide passenger transport DPS — the gateway to school runs, subsidised buses and NHS transport
  • Join any time until Jan 2029; then bid in mini-competitions
  • Lots by vehicle type incl. wheelchair-accessible
  • 10 public bodies buy through it (council, NHS, college, housing associations, police, fire)
  • GBP 110m est. over 10 years
  • Sustainability/carbon reduction is an explicit partnership priority

Who can bid

Apply to join the DPS at any time via PCS-Tender (project 12063, 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers'); admission requires meeting the selection criteria with no exclusion grounds. Lots by vehicle type (taxi up to 8 seats, 1-4 wheelchair accessible, minibuses/PSVs).

How it is scored

Individual contracts are awarded through mini-competitions among all admitted operators — most economically advantageous result, sometimes combining competitions.

Money

GBP 110m estimated over the DPS lifetime across ~10 public bodies in the Borders.

Performance guarantee

Carbon-reduction commitments feature in the partnership's requirements.

How to submit

DPS application via PCS-Tender; once admitted, respond to mini-competition invitations.

Clarifications

Through PCS-Tender messaging for project 12063.

Contract period

DPS runs to 9 January 2029; call-off contracts vary in duration and may extend beyond the DPS end.

Classification

CPV 60112000 — Public road transport services 60120000 — Taxi services34120000 — Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons Scotland

Published on Public Contracts Scotland. The official notice is the authoritative version.