Solent Transport Future Transport Zone - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Portsmouth City Council (the council) on behalf of Solent Transport is establishing multi-Lot multi-supplier Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support the delivery of a Future Transport Zone (FTZ) within the Solent area.

Solent Transport successfully bid for FTZ funding from the Department of Transport. The objective of the FTZ programme is to test and trial innovative, digitally enabled shared transport services, modes and business models at scale to establish risk and benefits.

The projects to be trialled as part of the FTZ programme are focused on 2 themes:

1. Personal mobility
2. Sustainable urban logistics

In addition, a behavioural change marketing and communications strategy will be implemented across the programme with monitoring and evaluation also undertaken to understand the impact and effectiveness of individual projects and collectively across the overall programme. Full details of the FTZ bid can be found at https://www.solent-transport.com/images/Bids/FMZ_EOI_form.pdf

The DPS will be used over time to source a wide range of services, supplies and to a lesser extent works utilising a broad range of contracting forms and financing arrangements which will allow for award via contracts, concessions and grants.

Award of call off contracts may be via direct award or mini-competition.

Whilst the establishment of the DPS is driven by the Solent FTZ programme, the agreement may also be used by Solent Transport as well as the Contracting Authorities located within the Solent region source related requirements which fall outside of the FTZ programme. The Contracting Authorities able to access this DPS include:

• oPortsmouth City Council
• oSouthampton City Council
• oHampshire County Council
• oIsle of Wight Council
• oHavant Borough Council
• oFareham Borough Council
• oGosport Borough Council
• oEastleigh Borough Council
• oTest Valley Borough Council
• oUniversity of Portsmouth
• oUniversity of Southampton
• oSolent University
• oSolent NHS Trust

The DPS may also be extended - subject to issue of a Corrigendum Notice - to cover additional geographical areas and allow access to further Contracting Authorities.

The initial advert for the DPS was published in February 2021 and has been operational since April 2021. The initial term of the DPS will mirror the duration of the FTZ programme, which is due to end on 30th June 2024. However, the agreement may be extended beyond this term on a rolling basis in increments to be determined without limitation in respect of number and length of extension periods applied.

Applications are invited against 5 specific Lots, these being:

• oLot 1 - Marketing and Communication Services
• oLot 2 - Consultancy Services
• oLot 3 - Bike Share Schemes
• oLot 6 - Transport Modelling
• oLot 7 - Drones -...

Additional information: Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking applications for the following project - Solent Transport Future Transport Zone - Dynamic Purchasing System

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.

Should you have any problems with the above link, please contact us on 023 9268 8235 or email: procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No