Published date: 25 May 2023

Last edited date: 30 May 2023

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: 30 June 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Patient-transport vehicles - 34114122

  • Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons - 34115200

  • Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons - 34120000

    • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3962-P1216

Published date

25 May 2023

Closing date

30 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2027

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?

Yes

Description

Birmingham City Council is seeking tenders from suitable tenderers that wish to be appointed to a Framework Agreement for the provision of the Service. The Service required will primarily be to transport vulnerable children and young people to and from schools and colleges.

The Council must meet the statutory requirements relating to home to school transport and sustainable travel. The Council is the largest service of its kind in the country providing transport services (vehicles, drivers and passenger assistants) to support over 4,500 children and young people with SEND. There are over 1,200 transport routes operated each day and, as at early September 2022, approximately 920 of these routes require passenger assistants to support the needs of these children and young people.

The Council aims to assist in improving the lives of children and young people through the provision of efficient, safe, secure, sensitive, suitable, timely and reliable travel services; and where appropriate, help prepare the child or young person to travel independently. The Framework offer the opportunity to establish a robust specification building on the standards already set by the Council to deliver these outcomes.

The Council requires providers that will deliver transport services using a range of vehicles to include but not limited to cars, people-carriers, wheelchair-accessible vehicles, minibuses, and accompanying passenger assistants (as and when required) as agreed with Children Young People Transport Services (CYPTS).

The Framework Agreement will be in 2 Lots and will be awarded to multiple suppliers as follows:

Lot 1: Minibus (For 9-seat or more vehicles)
This will have a maximum of 20 successful tenderers on the Framework to deliver all the minibus contracts. Call off will be via further competition based on requirements, and individual requirements will be packaged based on needs. Lot 1 also has the option of a direct award where required, for example in urgent circumstances.

Lot 2: Taxi: (vehicles that can provide 8 passenger seats or less.)
This will have a maximum of 35 suppliers and call off will be via direct award based on vehicle type and pricing. Once the Framework Agreement commences and there is a requirement, the Council will directly award that requirement via a direct Call-Off Contracts to the supplier who achieved the highest ranking in total combined score (quality and price) against the required vehicle type/category.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Henrietta Jacobs

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 464 8000

Email

Henrietta.Jacobs@birmingham.gov.uk