Published date: 19 April 2022

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 June 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Taxi services - 60120000

Location of contract

SL1 2EJ

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

SBC-RSM02

Published date

19 April 2022

Approach to market date

1 June 2022

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This notice is to make the market aware of Slough Borough Council's intention with regard to the provision of home to school transport services for the school year 2022/23.

The Council intends in June 2022 to tender these services via its dynamic purchasing system for such services. Organisations wishing to tender for these services must be approved to participate in the competition by making a successful request to participate in the system by no later than 17th May 2022. The dynamic purchasing system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/ProjectManage/20416. Providers already successfully registered on the dynamic purchasing system need not reapply.

The Council intends to run the competition for services in June 2022. Suppliers should be aware that the Council intends to tender for each route separately i.e. the bids for each route will be assessed separately. Suppliers may therefore bid for more routes than they have capacity i.e. you may bid for more routes than you have vehicles (of the correct type) and drivers. The Council intends to use an optimisation technique to minimise its costs across the routes in line with the bids made and identified capacity.

The Council intends to hold a market engagement event in relation to the tender of services on 25th May 2022. Please register your interest with craig.lorne@slough.gov.uk

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2022/2023 £2,000,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Craig Lorne

Address

Observatory House
25 Windsor Road
SLOUGH
SL1 2EL
England

Email

craig.lorne@slough.gov.uk