Published date: 7 April 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Passenger cars - 34110000

  • Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons - 34120000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£3,500,000

Procurement reference

DN256910

Published date

7 April 2017

Closing date

17 May 2017

Contract start date

1 July 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BMBC has a statutory duty to arrange home to school travel arrangements for eligible children with special educational needs to access their education . The requirement is for a regular home to school transport service during school term time both in the Borough of Barnsley and out of the Borough, which include daily, weekly, fortnightly, or termly singly or return journeys.The Service Providers will be required to provide a range of vehicles to deliver the services, from cars to passenger carrying vehicles (vehicles with 6 seats and more). There will be a requirement for a number of vehicles to be fitted with appropriate equipment to enable clients to access/egress the vehicle safely. Vehicle requirement depending on routes will comprise of the following:
Saloon - Non-wheelchair - Up to 4 Passenger Seats
MPV - Non-wheelchair - Up to 8 Passenger Seats
Minibus - Non-wheelchair - Up to 16 Passenger Seats
Saloon - Wheelchair - Up to 4 Passenger Seats
MPV - Wheelchair - Up to 8 Passenger Seats
Minibus - Wheelchair - Up to 16 Passenger Seats
Circa 200 pupils to be travel to and from 16 different schools, mainly on a day to day basis.
Key date for the commencement of delivery this service is the start of the new academic year September 2017. The requirement is for circa 30 routes which will be awarded on an individual basis.

More information

Links

Additional text

Applicants will need to register their interest against this procurement event via YORtender in order to gain access to the tender documents. Applicants must register and submit completed tender documents via www.yortender.co.uk
Once you have completed your registration, please follow the below steps to access the ITT Documents. If you are already registered on YORtender:
Ensure you are fully logged into the YORtender.
Register your interest by clicking on My Activities, Select Barnsley (LHS of Screen) and press update which is situated RHS bottom of screen.
A list of tender events you have registered your interest in will appear.
Click on the relevant tender. This will open up the relevant tender. Click on 'start' on the ITT, Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see all the documents to download.
Please note you MUST upload all your documents before the tender deadline date - any part loaded responses will not be visible to BMBC if the deadline time and date passes and we cannot accept your submission by another other means than YORtender. Please allow plenty of time to ensure your complete bid is uploaded.

All questions relating to this tender must be through the messaging portal on YORtender

About the buyer

Contact name

Callie Barry

Address

Westgate Plaza 1
Barnsley
S70 2DR
England

Email

calliebarry@barnsley.gov.uk