Published date: 29 April 2016

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: 6 June 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

  • Taxi services - 60120000

  • Special-purpose road passenger-transport services - 60130000

    • Non-scheduled passenger transport - 60140000

    • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - 60170000

    • Hire of buses and coaches with driver - 60172000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P0285

Published date

29 April 2016

Closing date

6 June 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2016

Contract end date

31 August 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The framework agreement is for the following transport services:

- Provision of private hire and hackney carriage taxi services for use by Council Officers and to transport vulnerable people on behalf of the Council
- Mini Buses (Private Hire and Public Service Vehicles (PSV's) including wheelchair accessible vehicles and 28/max 35 seated low floor wheelchair accessible buses (to convey children to and from school
and adults to and from day centres) - WITHOUT the supplier providing Pupil Guides.
- Mini Buses (Private Hire and Public Service Vehicles (PSV's) including wheelchair accessible vehicles and 28/max 35 seated low floor wheelchair accessible buses (to convey children to and from school
and adults to and from day centres) - WITH the supplier providing Pupil Guides.
- Mini Bus and Coach Hire with Driver.

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to submit tenders or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express their interest. The web address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log in and password to enable you to download the tender documentation. Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the tender documentation no later than 12:00 (GMT) on 6th June 2016 using the Supplier Portal.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/

About the buyer

Contact name

Richard Osborne

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 675 1246

Email

richard.s.osborne@birmingham.gov.uk