Published date: 9 February 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 14 November 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other passenger cars - 34115000

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

  • Special-purpose road passenger-transport services - 60130000

    • Non-scheduled passenger transport - 60140000

    • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - 60170000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£145,000

Procurement reference

2016-Oct-01/2

Published date

9 February 2017

Closing date

14 November 2016

Contract start date

17 January 2017

Contract end date

1 January 2018

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

This is an award notice following the conclusion of the opportunity previously advertised. Please note that the total value of this contract is only for the original term until 01/01/2018 and excludes any options to extend.

Original text is below:

This tender is for the provision of safe and reliable transportation of University of Chester staff and student passengers between the University's Parkgate Road Campus in Chester, CH1 4BJ and the Thornton Science Park Campus, Ince, CH2 4NU. Award Criteria is as follows; Price (whole-life cost) 70%, Quality 30%. The contract is for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend for up to three further periods of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory performance. It is intended to appoint one contractor only. However, the University of Chester reserves the right to appoint more than one contractor if needed to ensure optimum service delivery is provided. Please note that the actual demand and requirements for services will vary over the period of the contract term. No guarantee can therefore be given regarding the volume of business placed with the appointed provider(s). Please note that dates and values provided are estimated (excluding any potential extension options) and therefore subject to change. This opportunity has also been advertised in the Official Journal of the European Journal (OJEU).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Transportation of Students and Staff

  • Opportunity
  • Published 31 January 2017, last edited 31 January 2017

Links

Additional text

To download the tender documents, all applicants must register on the In-Tend e-tendering portal - http://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester.

Please note that where you may have previously registered with In-Tend, it will be necessary for you to ensure that your registration does include being registered to see opportunities for University of Chester.

Registration to this site is free for suppliers.

Tender documents must be completed and returned via In-Tend by 10:00am, Monday 14th November 2016.

There is Help/Guidance on how to use the supplier site on the 'Help' section of the site: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofchester/aspx/HelpOverview

Alternatively, In-tend Support can help suppliers and is open Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5pm (excluding Bank Holidays) - 0845 557 8079 / 0114 407 0065 / support@in-tend.co.uk

Award information

Awarded date

6 January 2017

Contract start date

17 January 2017

Contract end date

1 January 2018

Total value of contract

£145,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire

Address

Head Office, Gillmoss Depot, East Lancashire Road, Liverpool L11 0BB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

University of Chester
Parkgate Road
Chester
CH1 4BJ
England

Email

procurement@chester.ac.uk