Taxi & Private Hire Driver Medicals

Concepts

• edinburgh
• health services
• medical personnel
• private hire vehicle
• private hire drivers
• medical advice
• a taxi or private hire vehicle
• a medical provider
• the medical provider
• taxi & private hire driver medicals

Location

Edinburgh

Description

The City of Edinburgh Council requires a medical provider to deliver medical advice to the Licensing Service regarding a person's fitness to drive a taxi or private hire vehicle.

Total Quantity or Scope

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) requires a medical provider to deliver medical advice to the Licensing Service regarding a person's fitness to drive a taxi or private hire vehicle. The medical provider will be required to examine all new license applicant's fitness to meet DVLA Group 2 standards in order to drive a taxi or private hire vehicle in accordance with Council regulations. In addition, any currently licensed drivers aged 60 will be re-examined every time they renew their license and any driver over the age of 65 will be re-examined annually. There are a total of approximately 5208 licensed taxi and private hire drivers with the Council.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

It is a mandatory requirement of this Contract that a prompt payment clause is present in all Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request or as contractually scheduled. (SC Ref:754288)