Published date: 5 May 2023

This notice was replaced on 4 August 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 4 August 2023)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,995,000

Procurement reference

EMPWELL001-DN668137-39076579

Published date

5 May 2023

Closing date

8 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 July 2023

Contract end date

23 September 2028

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

To express your interest and gain access the tender documentation please use the website: www.eastmidstenders.org/ and under the opportunities option, select Welland Procurement from the Organisation menu, and access the project via your ProContract profile. You will immediately have access to the tender pack.

Rutland County Council would like to invite suppliers to bid for it's transport and home to school services, which is available in 3 Lots: Lot 1 - Educational Bus Services; Lot 2 - Specialist Transport Services, and; Lot 3 - Pence Per Mile routes for bus and taxi routes. Please note that there is no route this year for public bus transport routes. There is 1 route for Lot 1 at an estimated cost of 28,000.00, 34 routes for Lot 2 at an estimated cost of 1,826,600.00, and 2 routes for Lot 3 at an estimated cost of 40,400.00.

Please note that bidders must check Document 2 - Route Specifications 2023 to check the exact requirements for vehicles, drivers, and where appropriate passenger assistants before bidding for each route, as routes differ regarding DBS checks required and the sizes and specifications of the vehicles to be used on the routes. Bidders not meeting these requirements will not be considered for contract award if they do not meet these requirements.

There are no qualitative scored questions for this procurement as all routes are to be evaluated on price only. Prices that tie for the lowest price will result in the route not being awarded.

Package bids are not accepted for this procurement and bids must be submitted in the exact format requested on the pricing schedule. Prices must not be qualified in order to secure other contracts as per Document One. Bidders not following this request will be eliminated from this procurement exercise.

More information

Links

  • https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
  • To express interest and access the tender documentation, please access the link below, selecting Welland Procurement as the organisation

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Williams

Address

Rutland County Council
Catmose House, Catmose Street
Oakham, Rutland
LE15 6HP
England

Email

pawilliams@melton.gov.uk

Website

https://www.rutland.gov.uk/businesses/selling-council/procurement