Published date: 6 July 2022

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: 5 August 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Public road transport services - 60112000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B19 3SD

Value of contract

£411,440

Procurement reference

tender_310753/1085519

Published date

6 July 2022

Closing date

5 August 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 August 2022

Contract end date

31 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

As part of the Government's Strategy to Tackle Loneliness, it offered opportunities for Local Authorities and charitable bodies to seek funding for one-year pilot transport initiatives to tackle issues of loneliness in their areas. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), submitted proposals for a 'Let's Chat' project, working with community transport operators to provide specific services across the West Midlands. TfWM's proposal was shortlisted and subsequently approved and this provides the funding to deliver a pilot project.

'Let's Chat' uses transport as a central focus and consists of going close to where people are and offering the opportunity for social contact, a chat and a coffee, please see the Specification document for further details.

The WMCA is seeking applications from suitably qualified voluntary or charitable organisations who may 'bid' for a grant to provide one or more of the three Lots below. Applications for each Lot will be assessed independently and awarded on their own merits and the WMCA may appoint either 1, 2 or 3 applicants in total to deliver all three Lots:

Lot 1 - Coventry, mid-Birmingham and Black Country areas
Lot 2 - Walsall area
Lot 3 - South Birmingham area

The contract for this grant will be on the draft Grant Funding Agreement, a copy of which is provided, and applications are being assessed on the evaluation criteria outlined in the Commercial Envelope. Only those organisations that have responded satisfactorily to the questions in the Qualification Envelope will go on to have their applications assessed.

The closing date for submissions is 1700 on 05/08/22 and if you have any clarification questions please submit these by 1700 on 29/07/22

In order to access the documents and submit your application please do so through BravoSolution, the WMCA's e-tendering portal (https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk). The reference is itt_1133 and if you are not already registered on BravoSolution it is free and usually only takes a few minutes to do so.


About the buyer

Contact name

West Midlands Combined Authority

Address

16 Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3SD
England

Email

procurement.team@wmca.org.uk

Website

www.wmca.org.uk