# Home To School Future DPS Routes - Market Briefing Event

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 19 December 2024
- Planned start: 1 July 2025
- Planned end: 30 June 2030
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 58696c8b-023a-4a3f-b789-98788e6edb55-812273
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d4dda884-6455-4e03-a323-deb2d99d0b7b

## Description

The Council is intending to undertake a procurement exercise for the re-procurement of the DPS for its Home to School transport and Adults transport needs\. This DPS will replace the current DPS that runs until the end of July 2025\. The council will be holding a face to face briefing event with suppliers on the 28th January 2025 at 11am\. The Purpose of the briefing event is to: -Provide further details of the DPS -Raise awareness amongst the supply market of the intended future opportunity along with the provisional timescales -Engage with the Provider market prior to any procurement activity\. -Make the market aware of support available from other parties in getting ready to bid -Gather Questions from Suppliers Please note the timescales are indicative\. For the avoidance of doubt - this is a pre-market engagement exercise\. This stage is not a tendering exercise\. In order to register against the tender in this briefing event, please register against this advert and download the market briefing document\. Please complete and submit this via the messages area on YORtender by 12noon on the 10th January 2025\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults - Dynamic Purchasing System \(DPS\) - Summer Refresh 2026](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf47b03b-f189-4df7-a002-d160ca99aa3d): Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Debt Management Solution Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d17e1c07-7e53-44fa-b830-390e2d559f9c): Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- [NAC - Youth Work - YMCA](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4d6b1b95-8c0d-491b-b3f1-0e533a96785b): Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/58696c8b-023a-4a3f-b789-98788e6edb55-812273)