Notice Information
Notice Title
Home to School Transport- Mainstream (East Lothian Council)
Notice Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). This notice is to indicate that East Lothian Council intends to award call-off contracts under the ELC-18-1889 Home to School- Mainstream framework, these shall continue after the expiry of the said framework, to 31 July 2026.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (VEAT). This notice is to indicate that East Lothian Council intends to award call-off contracts under the ELC-18-1889 Home to School- Mainstream framework, these shall continue after the expiry of the said framework, to 31 July 2026.
Procurement Information
East Lothian Council organises school bus services in line with section 51 of The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and the East Lothian Council Education Transport policy. The Provision of Home to School Transport for Mainstream Pupils (ELC reference ELC-18-1888) Framework will expire on 31 July 2024. The Council has awarded call-off contracts under the said Framework, these shall continue after the expiry of the said framework, to 31 July 2026. The Directive 2014/24/EU (upon which the Public Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 are based) allows for call-off contracts to continue beyond the expiry of a framework. Furthermore, the Council is currently in the process of working towards the creation of a new provision of home to school transport Framework. In doing so, the Council deems it necessary to conduct a strategic consultation to assess the Education Transport policy, aligning it with the council's climate change strategy and commitments to achieve net zero. Consideration will also be given to the local development plan and the subsequent growth agenda within East Lothian.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0457ac
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014547-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 May 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1620827827
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN
- Postcode
- EH41 3HA
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
- Delivery Location
- TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian
-
- Local Authority
- East Lothian
- Electoral Ward
- Haddington and Lammermuir
- Westminster Constituency
- Lothian East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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