Published date: 27 March 2020

Last edited date: 27 March 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 26 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Hire of buses and coaches with driver - 60172000

Location of contract

South East

Procurement reference

IOW001-DN470080-72295572

Published date

27 March 2020

Closing date

26 March 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***UPDATED INFORMATION***The Isle of Wight Council has a statutory duty to provide transport assistance between home and school for eligible children following an assessment of each child's ability to meet the criteria as detailed in the Home to School Transport policy. The Home to School Bus and Coach Services on the Isle of Wight (Mainstream and SEN) are due to be tendered and the new Contract(s) will commence from September 2020. The Isle of Wight Council is engaging with potential suppliers for Home to School Transport to inform our planned procurement which is due in April 2020. The purpose of this market engagement is to: • Gauge interest in this opportunity • Help determine our procurement strategy and approach • Identify innovative ideas that can improve our local provision • Identify options to make the service more sustainable • Inform the development of our service specification If you would like to respond to this, please register your interest and download the Market Engagement Supplier Information and Questionnaire. Please note the deadline below for any responses. Closing date for responses: 14:00hours on 10/04/2020

Interested suppliers should 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 follow this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=948c66b1-2e70-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&p=08800155-5442-e511-80ed-000c29c9ba21

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

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

  • Early engagement
  • Published 20 March 2020, last edited 20 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