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title: "Rutland County Council Passenger Transport Services - Home to School 2023"
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# Rutland County Council Passenger Transport Services - Home to School 2023

Buyer: RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c6a4

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## Summary

Rutland County Council has completed the procurement process for Passenger Transport Services - Home to School 2023. The council is seeking suppliers for educational bus services, specialist transport services, and pence per mile routes. The tender is valued at £1,995,000 GBP and is open for bidding until June 8, 2023.

This tender presents opportunities for transportation service providers to bid for contracts with the council. Businesses specializing in public road transport services and general transport services are well-suited to compete. Bidders will need to adhere to specific route requirements and pricing guidelines outlined in the tender documentation to be considered for contract awards.

## Notice

To express your interest and gain access the tender documentation please only use the website: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ and under the opportunities option, select Welland Procurement from the Organisation menu, and access the project via your ProContract profile. You will immediately have access to the tender pack. Rutland County Council would like to invite suppliers to bid for it's transport and home to school services, which is available in 3 Lots: Lot 1 - Educational Bus Services; Lot 2 - Specialist Transport Services, and; Lot 3 - Pence Per Mile routes for bus and taxi routes. Please note that there is no route this year for public bus transport routes. There is 1 route for Lot 1 at an estimated cost of PS128,000.00, 34 routes for Lot 2 at an estimated cost of PS1,826,600.00, and 2 routes for Lot 3 at an estimated cost of PS40,400.00. Please note that bidders must check Document 2 - Route Specifications 2023 to check the exact requirements for vehicles, drivers, and where appropriate passenger assistants before bidding for each route, as routes differ regarding DBS checks required and the sizes and specifications of the vehicles to be used on the routes. Bidders not meeting these requirements will not be considered for contract award if they do not meet these requirements. There are no qualitative scored questions for this procurement as all routes are to be evaluated on price only. Prices that tie for the lowest price will result in the route not being awarded. Package bids are not accepted for this procurement and bids must be submitted in the exact format requested on the pricing schedule. Prices must not be qualified in order to secure other contracts as per Document One. Bidders not following this request will be eliminated from this procurement exercise.

### Lot Information

Education Bus Service

This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This Lot has one route which is for a five year contract, requiring vehicles with a minimum of 54 seats. An Enhanced adult and child DBS check is a mandatory requirement for these routes. No qualitative assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price only.

Specialist Transport Services

This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This Lot has 34 routes and contract lengths and requirements vary. Please see Document Two for route and requirement information. No qualitative assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price only.

Pence Per Mile

This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is a pence per mile Lot with 2 contracts that are awarded for 1 year each in total. No qualitative assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price only

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022678-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,995,000 |
| Lots value | £1,995,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £775,864 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | OAKHAM, RUTLAND |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE15 6HP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Rutland |
| Electoral ward | Oakham South |
| Westminster constituency | Rutland and Stamford |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 11 |
| Supplier names | 24X7; ACE CABS STAMFORD; ADT STREET CARS; ANGEL CARS PETERBOROUGH; BERRIDGE TAXIS; LAWSON'S OF CORBY; MARK BLAND TRAVEL; NMI TAXI; PETERBOROUGH ACE CARS; ROBERT EVANS CATMOSE LIMITED T/A TAXI BOB; RUTLAND CABS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 60112000 - Public road transport services

## Release History

- 4 Aug 2023 at 07:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022678-2023
- 5 May 2023 at 10:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012925-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
- https://www.rutland.gov.uk/businesses/selling-council/procurement

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