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The London Borough of Barnet has opened a Dynamic Purchasing System for hired passenger transport in support of statutory and discretionary policies for passengers with special educational needs and disabilities. Under the DPS, the council will procure a range of transport services and accompanying assistants to provide mobility support to eligible individuals across the borough.

The procurement covers a broad spectrum of vehicles, divided into eleven separate lots that include cars, estate cars, medium and large MPVs, minibuses of varying seating capacities, coaches, and wheelchair‑adapted vehicles. Each lot is matched to specific vehicle types and specialisms, ensuring that transport solutions are tailored to the diverse needs of the passenger group, from education transport with special educational needs to adult day‑care centre services. Operators wishing to supply these services may join the system at any time upon satisfying the entry criteria outlined in the tender documents.

The DPS is established for an initial term of 48 months with an option to extend for a further 48 months, allowing a maximum contractor tenure of 96 months. While the monetary value attached to each lot is estimated at £24,000,000 excluding VAT, price is not the sole award criterion; additional evaluation factors are detailed in the procurement documents. All entrants must meet the specified entry criteria and provide services in accordance with the statutory and discretionary policy requirements.

Hampshire County Council is launching a ten‑year Open Framework for Skills Development, designed to enable the council to respond rapidly to grant and other funding opportunities and deliver training to the public and employees of businesses throughout Hampshire, including Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight, with potential delivery in neighbouring counties such as Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Surrey and West Sussex. The framework, governed under a Light Touch Regime, will remain open for new applications from the day of publication and will be divided into seven distinct lots, each catering to a specific type of training provider: further education colleges, private sector training suppliers, higher education institutions, academy schools and other educational establishments, voluntary or charitable organisations, other public sector training organisations, and employer representative groups.

Providers will be required to meet the minimum criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender in order to join the framework. Once accepted, call‑offs will be awarded through a variety of procedures – mini‑competitions, e‑auctions for price‑only awards, and, where necessary, direct awards – and may need to commence quickly to satisfy the timing constraints of the funding sources. The framework will serve as a partnership mechanism to commission both current and future skills‑based initiatives that align with local and national priorities.

All awards will be governed by the specified CPV codes and must execute delivery within Hampshire and its surrounding counties, ensuring that training programmes are delivered in accordance with the council’s standards and the contractual regime.

The tender seeks to provide comprehensive Road Transport Services for radioactive waste, including associated ocean freight management, to support disposal and logistics activities within the UK nuclear industry. These services are required by LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste Services and its joint partners in the contract, and they will be delivered through a designated Driver and Provider System (DPS) that allows the contracting authorities to award work to qualified transport providers.

The arrangement is a 10‑year contract that will be exercised through repeated calls for competition. Each call will evaluate proposals on a blend of technical and commercial criteria, the balance of which will vary according to the complexity of the work. Technical assessment will consider service proposals, personnel capability, risk management and scheduling, while commercial assessment will examine price, commercial terms and social value. Providers must meet all regulatory safety and operational standards for the transport of nuclear materials.

The Council is procuring a Pseudo‑Dynamic Purchasing System to secure high quality placement arrangements for young people leaving care and other vulnerable young people across the Wakefield, Leeds, Barnsley and Kirklees Local Authority areas. The system is designed to admit suitable providers of group living, supported tenancy and floating support services, ensuring that these placements are carried out by experienced, established operators within the local community. There is no cap on the number of contractors that may be admitted, and the system operates on a non‑competitive basis.

The contract comprises three distinct lots. Lot 1 requires providers to deliver group living accommodation, where a young person resides in a multi‑occupancy property with shared communal facilities or a bed‑and‑breakfast type setting. Lot 2 covers supported tenancy, involving community‑based accommodation within the private or registered social landlord sector, supplemented by one‑to‑one staffing that can provide overnight support when necessary, to facilitate a transition to sustainable community living. Lot 3 focuses exclusively on floating support, offering flexible, community‑based assistance to young people who need help managing their own accommodation. Each lot will have an initial five‑year term with an option to extend for an additional five years, with the possibility of renewing the contract as required.

All facilities and support services must meet the national health, safety and social care regulations applicable to youth accommodation and care provision.

The City of Doncaster Council is establishing a Flexible Procurement System to provide specialised education services for children and young people with unique learning needs, including those experiencing school avoidance, trauma response behaviour, or other emotional and behavioural challenges. The framework will deliver a range of services across eight distinct lots. These include engagement and reintegration support, alternative provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities, pupil referral units for Key Stage 4 students at risk of exclusion, independent and residential special schools, post‑16 provision for young people with Education Health Care Plans, one‑to‑one tuition for learners unable to attend mainstream settings, and supported internship programmes to transition learners into employment.

Each lot requires providers to deliver full‑time, DfE‑registered education setting or tailored academic support that meets the specific needs outlined in each learner’s EHC Plan. Services must be delivered within the East Midlands region, with a contractual duration of up to 120 months, and shall be provided in accordance with the regulation that all providers possess an active Department of Education registration and adhere to the agreed assessment and support frameworks.