Published date: 30 June 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: 20 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Taxi services - 60120000

  • Security services - 79710000

Location of contract

GL50 9SA

Value of contract

£40,000 to £70,000

Procurement reference

CBC0084P

Published date

30 June 2017

Closing date

20 July 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2020

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?

Yes

Description

Cheltenham Borough Council is inviting tender for the provision of taxi rank security for The Promenade, Cheltenham. The contract will be for 3 years. with the option to extend for a further 2 years

Cheltenham has a thriving night-time economy, the biggest night life scene between Bristol and Birmingham and the third largest in the South West, with over 450 licensed premises attracting up to 20,000 visitors each weekend. Whether they are visiting one of the numerous bars, award winning restaurants, late night clubs, theatre or multiplex cinema it is imperative that everything is done to make late night Cheltenham a safe place to visit for all and the night-time economy continues to flourish.

Since 2006 when the Reducing Alcohol Related Violence project (supported by funding from Government Office South West) was launched in Cheltenham a great deal of effort has gone into reducing alcohol related harm and disorder in the town. The Codes of Practice launched in 2007 laying down common sense principles for all sectors of the night-time economy were the first such set of codes produced in the UK and were acknowledged as best practice by the Home Office.

Taxi marshals were introduced at weekends and on race days at the busy rank in the Promenade, helping to reduce disorder and get revellers home quickly and safely.

The Promenade is the busiest taxi rank in Cheltenham with as many as 2,000 using the rank each weekend and upward of 20,000 during the Cheltenham Gold Cup week.

The conditions of contract will be the Council's own, a draft is included in the tender package.

More information

Links

Additional text

To register your expression of interest, access the tender documentation free of charge and request questions of clarification about the Invitation to Tender you will need to register via the 'Supply GO Shared Services' portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/gosharedservices anytime up to 17:00 hours 20/07/2017. No further questions may be submitted after this time.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

William Clark

Address

Promenade
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 9SA
United Kingdom

Telephone

01285 623324

Email

william.clark@cotswold.gov.uk

Website

www.cheltenham.gov.uk