Notice Information
Notice Title
The Cornwall College Group Student Transport / Bus Tender September 2025
Notice 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 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Cornwall College Group has a number of campuses throughout Cornwall along with Bicton College in Devon. The college provides a wide range of vocational and further education courses and apprenticeships for 16-18 learners. The group of colleges combined have up to 1,000, 16-18 further education learners, who require transport to and from college each day.Our transport 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 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. To improve the experience of our learners and to enable us to monitor passengers we would welcome those who would be able to use Ticketer. Alongside this, it would be beneficial to be able to provide WiFi as well as exploring options for providing our learners with any discounted off-peak travel offers. Suggested routes are as attached. Flexibility may be required due to student numbers, at the beginning of term and we would welcome a price scale for different size vehicles. Route 1 Axminster to Bicton College via; Honiton and Ottery St MaryRoute 2 Tiverton to Bicton College via; Willand, Cullompton and CranbrookRoute 3 Crediton to Bicton College via; Cowley Bridge and WhiptonRoute 4 Torquay to Bicton College via; Teignmouth, Newton Abbott and ChumleighRoute 5 Dawlish to Bicton College via; Topham and ExmouthRoute 6 Bude to Cornwall College St Austell via CamelfordRoute 7 Callington to Cornwall College St Austell vua Liskeard and BodminRoute 8 Pendeen to Cornwall College Camborne and Duchy Rosewarne via Penzance and HayleRoute 9 Okehampton to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Tavistock and GunnislakeRoute 10 Bude to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Whitstone and LauncestonRoute 11 Barnstaple to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Bideford and HolsworthyRoute 12 Looe to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Pelynt, Dobwalls and LiskeardRoute 13 Ivybridge to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Plympton and Plymouth North and CentralRoute 14 Sherford to Duchy Stoke Climsland via Plymouth South, Devonport, Ferry Terminal and SaltashRoute 15 Wadebridge to Duchy Stoke Climsland via St Kew and Camelford. Additional information: The Colleges Electronic Tendering System InTend will be used to manage this Tender. Interested Suppliers must register (if not already registered) on the In-Tend procurement portal as follows:Supplier Side https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cornwall/aspx/HomeUseful Contact Information: In-Tend Helpdesk 0845 5578079 email: support@in-tend.co.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04abdc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033020-2024
- 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
60100000 - Road transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Oct 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 15 May 2025Expired
- 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
- THE CORNWALL COLLEGE GROUP
- Contact Name
- Chris Davey
- Contact Email
- procurement@cornwall.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1395562202
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CAMBORNE, CORNWALL
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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