Published date: 3 February 2025

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: 7 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Road transport services - 60100000

Location of contract

PL25 4DJ

Value of contract

£5,000,000 to £7,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-35-399-TCCG-SBT- 240125

Published date

3 February 2025

Closing date

7 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

31 August 2028

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?

No

Description

The Cornwall College Group has a number of campuses throughout Cornwall along with Bicton College in Devon will be seeking suitably qualified supplier(s) to provide Student Transport / Bus Services from September 2025.The routes would be required to run from the start of the autumn term, right through to the end of the summer term; excluding the Christmas and Easter holidays, half-terms and bank holidays. To ensure the safety of our learners, all vehicles must be PSVAR compliant and all drivers will have an up to date DBS check and agree to complete safeguarding training. As our service needs to be extremely reliable we would welcome companies who would have a spare bus available, should there be an emergency, and to those who can or are willing to explore the possibility of App based systems for ticketing, traceability and transport being tracked by the end user. We will also require a designated person of contact, should we need to coordinate routes on a daily basis. Further details are included in this ITT.

More information

Links

Additional text

The Colleges Electronic Tendering System InTend will be used to manage this Tender. To obtain additional detail about this Tender an interested Supplier must register (if not already registered) on the In-Tend procurement portal as follows:
Registering your company on In-Tend
Supplier Side https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cornwall/aspx/Home
o Overview of Portal
o Intro to Project Summary Page/ Correspondence box
Useful Contact Information: In-Tend Helpdesk 0845 5578079 email: support@in-tend.co.uk


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Davey

Address

Tregonissey Road
St Austell
Cornwall
PL25 4DJ
UK

Telephone

07765546636

Email

chris.davey@corwall.ac.uk