Published date: 16 May 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: 19 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

ME14 1XQ

Value of contract

£0 to £5,000,000

Procurement reference

AM9F-NV3RJ9-AMEB-YN4V0S

Published date

16 May 2017

Closing date

19 June 2017

Contract start date

4 September 2017

Contract end date

4 September 2017

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

Within the Council the management of SEN transport is the responsibility of the Client Transport Team (CTT), which forms part of the Public Transport Department. This team is responsible for the co-ordination of a range of transport services for children and vulnerable young adults to and from various establishments within and outside of Kent. Transport services include; home to school transport for children with special educational needs and home to college transport for young adults with special educational needs. Following a pilot undertaken in early 2016, when the transport services to three main special schools in Kent were tendered on the basis of one school, one operator, the Council is looking to implement this concept across further schools in Kent. Feedback from transport operators following the pilots has been built into the implementation program. The one school one operator concept has been modified, now school transport lots are being offered on the basis of a taxi/private hire lot and a PSV (bus) lot, so that operators of the related specialism are able to tender accordingly. Lots have been planned so that the operating area is as constrained as possible, so providing a mass, within a local area which could be a district or two districts. There are seven schools in scope being tendered: They are: Ridgeview School (Upper Hayesden Lane, Tonbridge Kent TN11 8AA) Aspen School (Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent CT16 3LJ) Malling School (Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, Kent ME19 6DR) Meadows School (20-22 London Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 0RJ) Oakley School (Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4NE) Longfield Academy (Main Road, Longfield, Kent DA3 7PH) Meadowfield School (Main Road, Longfield, Kent DA3 7PH)

More information

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(kent.businessportal.org.uk).

About the buyer

Contact name

Steve Brown

Address

County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
UK

Telephone

03000 414815

Email

Stephen.Brown@kent.gov.uk