Tender: Home to School and Adult Social Care Transport DPS – Wigan Council

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Wigan Council is seeking suppliers for admission to a Home to School Transport and Adult Social Care Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure transport services via calls for competition. The DPS will cover 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 for adults attending council-managed day services, community interest companies and respite care. Services may be required daily, weekly, fortnightly or term-time only for users attending SEN schools, mainstream schools and colleges, alternative education, residential services and respite care. Some clients may be vulnerable and have learning disabilities, behavioural issues, sensory or hearing difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder or physical disabilities, and some journeys will require a Passenger Assistant provided by Wigan Council. Applicants must be able to provide at least one of the specified vehicle types (standard car up to four seats; accessible taxi; black cab; minibus up to eight seats; minibus up to sixteen seats; tail lift vehicle with minimum 300kg lift; or coach). The DPS has been extended (for indicative purposes) until 23 February 2029, providers already on the DPS will remain without reapplying, applications may be made at any time during the DPS period, and individual contracts under the DPS may commence at any time with most home-to-school contracts expected to run from the start of the Autumn term to the end of the academic year.