DPS Transport for Education, Social care and other transport requirements (East Lothian Council)

What the buyer is asking for

East Lothian Council ("ELC") are responsible for the procurement of service transport contracts to meet the education and social care needs as well as other passenger requirements. Most of the transport will be within East Lothian area. ELC is setting up a Dynamic Purchasing System ("DPS") to procure these contracts. A DPS is completely electronic system and is similar to a framework agreement but a key difference is that, unlike a framework agreement, suppliers can join a DPS at any time. Contracts operated through this DPS can generally be undertaken by taxis, private hire cars, minibuses and buses, including the requirement for those of these vehicles to be capable of carrying passengers in wheelchairs. The DPS will be split into the following categories: -Category 1: MPVs (5-8 seats), including salon cars (4 seats). -Category 2: MPV- Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV)- (5-8 seats) -Category 3: Minibus (9-16 seats), including wheelchair accessible vehicles -Category 4: Vehicles above 17 seats Contracts under the DPS will be awarded following mini competitions.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• qualityQuality10
• price90

4 lots

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• Vehicles above 17 seats

  East Lothian Council are responsible for the procurement of service transport contracts to meet the education and social care needs as well as other passenger or transport requirements. Most of the transport will be within East Lothian area. This Lot is for Vehicles above 17 seats. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.

• MPVs (5-8 seats), including salon cars (4 seats).

  East Lothian Council are responsible for the procurement of service transport contracts to meet the education and social care needs as well as other passenger or transport requirements. Most of the transport will be within East Lothian area. This Lot is for MPVs (5-8 seats) including salon cars (4 seats). Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.

• MPV- Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV)- (5-8 seats)

  East Lothian Council are responsible for the procurement of service transport contracts to meet the education and social care needs as well as other passenger or transport requirements. Most of the transport will be within East Lothian area. This Lot is for MPVs- Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV)- (5-8 seats). Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.

• Minibus (9-16 seats), including wheelchair accessible vehicles of this capacity

  East Lothian Council are responsible for the procurement of service transport contracts to meet the education and social care needs as well as other passenger or transport requirements. Most of the transport will be within East Lothian area. This is is for Minibus (9-16 seats), including wheelchair accessible vehicles of this capacity. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.

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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published158 days ago

   17 Apr 2026, 09:33 BST
2. Submission deadlinein 2767 days

   20 Apr 2034, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice6 Mar 2026, 15:31 GMT020540-2026
2. Tender notice17 Apr 2026, 09:33 BST034979-2026