Planning

Home to School Travel Services

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL

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Planning

24 Feb 2023 at 16:34

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Birmingham City Council has issued a Prior Information Notice as part of a soft market engagement exercise for its Home to School Travel Services. This notice aims to gather information from the market to help determine future delivery models for the services, including providing safe and reliable travel for children with special needs. The market engagement event is expected to shed light on the direction of the delivery model, with the current Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework set to expire on 31st October 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses interested in providing transport services for children and young people with special educational needs, learning disabilities, or physical disabilities. Businesses offering vehicles with 9 or more passenger seats or those with 8 or fewer passenger seats may find this procurement appealing. The market engagement is not a guarantee of a future opportunity but serves as an information gathering exercise to assist the council in shaping its procurement strategy for the Home to School Transport services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Home to School Travel Services

Notice Description

This Prior Information Notice does not constitute a tendering opportunity. This is only to provide info to the market of the Council's intention to have a soft market engagement to better understand the current market around future commissioning options. This PIN and subsequent market engagement does not guarantee an opportunity will be published rather it will be an information gathering exercise to help the council determine the direction of drive for future delivery of the Home to School Transport (HTST) services. The scope of the council's HTST services include but not limited to assisting and 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 and young person to travel independently. The needs of these children and young people are wide ranging, including Special Educational Needs, Learning Disabilities or Physical Disabilities. Part of the core service will be to deliver HTST in compliance with relevant legislations and regulations. HTST service ensures users are picked up from designated pick-up point, arrive at their destination on time, and are taken to the designated pick-up point on time. - The service also needs to ensure the provision of Passenger Assistants, where required - Additional services may also be stated in the final specification.

Lot Information

Vehicles that can provide 9 passenger seats or more

Vehicles that can provide 9 passenger seats or more

Vehicles that can provide no more than 8 passenger seats

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) forms part of research around future commissioning options a soft market assessment and is not part of any procurement process. It is purely investigatory in nature, although it may be used to assist the Council in defining both how viable it is as a proposition and a potential preferred procurement route to advance this programme. Providing a response will not preclude your participation in any future procurement exercise. There is no guarantee that a tender will follow based on this PIN Notice. With this in mind, at this stage we are not looking for the following: * Solutions to any requirements. * Formal presented proposals which could be constituted as an offer. * Suppliers releasing or offering Intellectual Property Rights related information or documents. * Evaluation of supplier competencies or capabilities. Short listing, selecting proposals or contracting on the back of this process

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03abf5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005612-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Feb 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
19 Apr 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Corporate Procurement Services
Contact Email
etendering@birmingham.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B4 7WB
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Newtown
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Further Information

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