SOL-School Bus and Coach Transport

A Contract Award Notice
by SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

Source
OJEU
Type
Dps (Services)
Duration
5 year (est.)
Value
£1K
Sector
TRANSPORT
Published
02 Aug 2022
Delivery
28 May 2019 to 27 May 2024 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Solihull

Geochart for 1 buyers and 3 suppliers

Description

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council invites applications from suitably experienced operators for admission to their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of School Bus or Coach transport. The DPS will be divided into three lots - School Bus Routes, Primary Schools Swimming Transport and Ad-hoc School Transport. Potential providers can apply for inclusion on individual lots or all three lots. Once set up the period of validity of the DPS will be for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years (2 x12 months). The required vehicle size for this contract is 9 seats or more.

Total Quantity or Scope

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is looking to set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to appoint providers that will able deliver School Bus or Coach Transport within the Borough and outside the Borough if required. This Includes on Lot 3 the provision of vehicles which could be a bus or a coach including drivers and escorts (if required) for journeys arranged at reasonable notice by the schools to and from schools to an agreed destination. These journeys will be ad-hoc in nature and may take place at anytime including in or out of term time. This lot will be open for use by other educational establishments including but not limited to schools, academies, colleges and other Council functions and their partners. Access to the DPS will be on a qualitative basis and the journeys will be awarded on the basis of costs. For any new requirements, all successful tenderers for Lot 3 that have been included on the DPS will be invited to bid.

Award Detail

1 Birmingham International Coaches (Birmingham)
  • Reference: olton 13
  • Num offers: 1
  • Value: £800
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 Hollywood Travel (Solihull)
  • Reference: haf4
  • Num offers: 1
  • Value: £300
  • Contractor is an SME.
3 Hollywood Travel (Solihull)
  • Reference: haf5
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £280
  • Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

PRICE _

CPV Codes

  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Indicators

  • An E-Auction may be used.
  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

2021-2022 DPS Returns list 3a Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will be using its e-tendering system CSW-JETS for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register on the system to express an interest. The Web address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets. Registration is free. Once registered all correspondence will be via CSW- JETS and the correspondence function. Operators should self certify their compliance with the selection requirements and confirm that none of the grounds for exclusion apply in order to gain admittance to the DPS. Operators who are successful at this stage will be admitted to the DPS. Once the DPS is established the Council will invite all operators on the DPS to submit prices to operate a specific route of routes as and when they become available. Operators can then choose whether they want to bid for the requirement or not. Operators who win contracts under the DPS will be expected to provide documentary evidence (where necessary) to evidence their status. Individual Contract award criteria will be stated in the invitation to tender for the specific contract but it will usually be the most economically advantageous tender based on the lowest bid price of those operators satisfying the qualitative criteria specified within each individual contract

Reference

Domains