Published date: 3 May 2024

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: 3 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Taxi services - 60120000

  • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - 60170000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£70,300,000

Procurement reference

LEICSCITY02-DN707825-78217454

Published date

3 May 2024

Closing date

3 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council procures journeys for children, young people and adult service users, as well as
for Council staff using taxi providers. These journeys are commonly planned e.g. trips to and
from school or unplanned e.g. one-off journeys to an appointment. Those who access our services using taxis may require additional support or supervision which must be provided through a Passenger Assistant and arranged by the taxi Provider. On some occasions a parent may be required to be the Passenger Assistant. Some of those who access our services using taxis have additional needs of the vehicle e.g. the size of vehicle or ramps and wheelchair accessibility or a need for the Driver and/or passenger assistant to have specialist training e.g. how to help someone with a medical condition such as epilepsy. In order to address these needs the DPS will be split into two categories:

• Category 1: General Passenger Transport Provision
• Category 2: Specialist Passenger Transport Provision

Providers who apply for the Specialist category must demonstrate that they and their Drivers/Passenger Assistants have extensive prior experience dealing with challenging behaviours.
Providers can bid for either Category or for both Categories.

More information

Links

Additional text

Bidders Events have been planned in order to explain the requirements for this particular procurement. There are two dates available with the same agenda for both sessions - Tuesday 14 May 12.00pm and Tuesday 21 May 1.00pm. The meeting will be via MS Teams, meaning you can dial in from your phone. Dialling in details will be provided to you via email after registering for an Event using the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/f9emfbJr4N

NOTE: This is open to all current providers as well as new providers interested in working with Leicester City Council in the future.

About the buyer

Contact name

Martin Grogan

Address

City Hall
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
England

Telephone

+44 1164545013

Email

martin.grogan@leicester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.leicester.gov.uk