Published date: 25 May 2021

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: 25 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver - 60170000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£1,425,000

Procurement reference

tender_260349/965751

Published date

25 May 2021

Closing date

25 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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 City of London Freemen's School is seeking a single transport provider to establish a managed service contract to design, run and manage the transport requirements of Freemen's School.

The City of London Freemen's School is an HMC independent day/boarding school situated in Ashtead Park, Surrey.

The contract in the most part entails the transport of pupils from / to the City of London Freemen's School for Home to School transport. In addition, this contract also requires:
- the provision of transport to take pupils and staff to venues for sporting occasions throughout term time, during the week and weekends - e.g. matches against other schools throughout the South East region and other regions of the country sporting fixtures;
- the provision of transport for educational cultural excursions throughout the country;
- the provision of transport for Duke of Edinburgh and Combined Cadet Force camps;
- the provision of transport for any ad hoc requirements including overseas trips.
The City reserves the right to exercise the option to add additional schools or parts thereof over the life of the contract that are owned or affiliated or funded in whole or partly funded by the City of London Corporation.

The duration of the contract is 3 years, subject to the right of the City (at its sole discretion) to exercise its right to extend the Contract by up to 2 years. The maximum length of the contract is therefore 5 years.

More information

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Additional text

This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'capitalEsourcing' (www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.

The estimated contract value given is for the full duration of the contract including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £285,000.

The estimated value includes costs for direct parent-to-provider services. There is no guarantee of minimum levels or value of use from external users.

About the buyer

Address

Guildhall
London
EC2P 2EJ
England

Telephone

02073321065

Email

james.carter@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk