Published date: 13 March 2020

Last edited date: 13 March 2020

This notice was replaced on 20 March 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Early engagement (published 27 March 2020, last edited 27 March 2020)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Hire of buses and coaches with driver - 60172000

Location of contract

South East

Procurement reference

IOW001-DN470080-72295572

Published date

13 March 2020

Closing date

26 March 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The authority will be holding an 'open' market engagement event for potential providers to attend. The event shall be held at County Hall [add location] on the 26th March starting at 13:30 and finishing estimated at 15:30.

The intention of the market engagement event is to gather interest and engage with the market regarding our upcoming tender for home to school transport (bus and coach) services on the Isle of Wight. This is due to be published in April but may be subject to change. Further details will be provided on the day.

To register your interest and willingness to attend the event please send an email to: transport.info@iow.gov.uk by no later than 14:00 on Tuesday 24th March 2020. Spaces at this event may be limited and will therefore be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. To this end we kindly ask that numbers of attendees per organisation be kept to a maximum of three.
It is intended that a market engagement supplier day will be held at County Hall High Street Newport Isle of Wight PO30 1UD. Upon attendance please report to reception and you will be collected shortly.
If you wish to attend the market engagement supplier day, please send an email to: transport.info@iow.gov.uk by no later than 14:00 on Tuesday 24th March 2020. Spaces at this event may be limited and will therefore be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. To this end we kindly ask that numbers of attendees per organisation be kept to a maximum of three. Interested suppliers should also register on the ProContract portal and this can be done via https://procontract.due-north.com/register This process is free and instructions on how to register are on the portal. The portal will be used to conduct the future procurement.
Once you are registered you can to locate the project by searching for reference DN470080. or via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2e2b66c1-2965-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&p=08800155-5442-e511-80ed-000c29c9ba21 . Please note that the Authority will also be holding a Bidders Event during the tender process.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Home to Education Bus and Coach Services on the Isle of Wight

  • Early engagement
  • Published 13 March 2020

About the buyer

Contact name

Vanessa Squibb

Address

County Hall
High Street
Newport
PO30 1UD
England

Telephone

+44 1983821000

Email

vanessa.squibb@iow.gov.uk

Website

http://www.iwight.com