Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Home to School Transport
Notice Description
This is Prior Notice of Swansea Council's intention to procure Home to School Transport to transport pupils to Primary and Secondary schools within the City & County of Swansea Boundary which is integral to the enabling pupils to access education safely and on time and allows development of social skills and independence. This contract will require potential variations of vehicles which will be confirmed.
Lot Information
Routes TBC and vehicle requirements TBC - there are 44 confirmed routes with flexibility to for additional routes during the term of the framework
This is an invitation to two provider events to be held at The Guildhall, St Helen's Crescent, Swansea - Comm Room 5. The events are going to be held on Tuesday 18th February and Tuesday the 25th February from 10am till 12pm. We will provide a very short 15 minute presentation about the project and the remaining duration is for you to contribute as to how we develop the tender to suit you and to let us know what we can do to make this requirement an attractive opportunity to you as providers where we can align and help develop your service during the contracts. We need your direct input and will also be able to provide info on potential funds and grants that you may be eligible for. Additional information: For further information please email procurement@swansea.gov.uk
Please refer to lot 1Please refer to Lot 1 description as we had to add a 2nd Lot to allow the notice to be created - as mentioned 44+ lots to be confirmed and awarded post framework implementation. All info need is in Lot 1 so Lot 2 can be disregarded at this stage. Additional information: Please refer to lot 1
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de6a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004846-2025
- 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
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
-
- CPV Codes
34114400 - Minibuses
34115000 - Other passenger cars
34121000 - Buses and coaches
34121100 - Public-service buses
34121300 - Double-decker buses
34121400 - Low-floor buses
34121500 - Coaches
60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,500,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 21 Feb 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
- CITY & COUNTY OF SWANSEA
- Contact Name
- Sam Wilkes
- Contact Email
- sam.wilkes@swansea.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWANSEA
- Postcode
- SA1 3SN
- Post Town
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL4 Mid and South West Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL43 Swansea
- Delivery Location
- TLL18 Swansea
-
- Local Authority
- Swansea
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront
- Westminster Constituency
- Swansea West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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