Notice Information
Notice Title
Foundation Apprenticeship Transport
Notice Description
Forth Valley College is seeking Service Providers for the provision of transport for Foundation Apprenticeship students from schools throughout the Forth Valley area.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Service consists of the provision of transport for students attending Foundation Apprenticeship courses at Forth Valley College campuses in Alloa, Falkirk and Stirling. The journeys will include transport from pupils' schools throughout Forth Valley area to the College campuses and return to schools or students' home, as well as various transport to work placements and back to either school or home. Multiple pickups and drop-offs will also be required.
Options: The Framework agreement is for an initial period of 1 year. The College reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for 3 further periods of 12 months subject to satisfactory performance and continued College requirements.
Renewal: Forth Valley College reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for 3 further periods of 12 months subject to satisfactory performance and continued College requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02a020
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038789-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
60100000 - Road transport services
60120000 - Taxi services
60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £712,500 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £712,500 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Jun 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 3 May 2021Expired
- Award Date
- 23 Sep 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 8 Aug 2021 - 8 Aug 2026 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Subject to uptake of extension options and continued requirements, the re-tender documents would provisionally be planned for May 2025.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FORTH VALLEY COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Ester Vasallo
- Contact Email
- procurement@forthvalley.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1324403000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FALKIRK
- Postcode
- FK2 9AD
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM12 Falkirk
- Delivery Location
- TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife, TLM76 Falkirk, TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
-
- Local Authority
- Falkirk
- Electoral Ward
- Falkirk North
- Westminster Constituency
- Falkirk
Further Information
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