DPS for Home To School Transport
Blackburn with Darwen
- Estimated value
- £2,500,000 to £4,000,000
- VAT not stated
- Where
- England-wide
- Buyer in North West England
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- Documents
- Not stated
- See the official notice
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 143 full UK working days before the closing day, Fri 21 May 2027 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Value
- £4m (the top of its range) is the median of the 107 open transport and logistics tenders that state a value.
- This buyer
- 1 more open tender from Blackburn with Darwen listed here.
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About this tender
The summary is the start of the buyer’s own description, word for word. The full description and the documents are on the official notice.
This is a four year DPS framework agreement under which we will run further competitions for home to school transport services.
- Buyer
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Buyer’s region
- North West England
- Where the work is
- North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East England, South West England
- Listed on Evendraft under
- North West England (the buyer’s region: the notice says the work can be anywhere)
- Published
- 21 Apr 2023
- Tender deadline
- 21 May 2027, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £2,500,000 to £4,000,000 (VAT not stated)
- Trade
- Transport and logistics
- CPV codes
- 60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- Procedure
- Restricted procedureTwo stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- Yes
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- Not stated on the notice
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