Published date: 21 June 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: 24 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Coaches - 34121500

  • Hire of buses and coaches with driver - 60172000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £500,000

Procurement reference

20170621130012-40396

Published date

21 June 2017

Closing date

24 July 2017

Contract start date

1 October 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

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?

No

Description

The MPS is seeking to award a contract following a tendering process to a suitably capable Contractor for the Provision of Coach and Driver services for a term for 18 months.

The MPS require the Contractor to co-ordinate and manage the provision of Coach Hire Services for use by the MPS in support of operational policing. The range of services may vary during the life of the contract.

The current requirement to arrange coach transportation is dependent on the level of operational policing commitments which do not follow a set pattern.

The typical sizes of vehicles are coaches and minibuses. There are several known peak periods each year when there is a requirement for coach hire, these periods include:

• Trooping the Colour
• State Opening of Parliament
• Notting Hill Carnival
• New Year's Eve Celebrations
• Other State Occasions e.g. State Visits

The MPS require vehicles to support policing operations, which are generally pre-planned events but vary in nature and scope. The range of vehicles required will include sixteen (16), twenty-nine (29), fifty-three (53) and seventy-four seated coaches, usually single decked.

For full details of the specification of requirements please see the Invitation to Tender documents published via EU Supply web portal.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Herjeet Gill

Address

Empress State Building,
Lillie Road,
Earls Court
SW6 1TR
ENG

Telephone

+44 207161570

Email

Herjeet.Gill@met.police.uk