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Published 9 Feb 2022, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Bilborough College Student Transport

Official notice

Authority: Bilborough College (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF1)

Published estimate£1,500,000exc. VAT4.4% above published estimate

Submissions closed 21 Feb 2022awarded 26 Jul 2022

Awarded to Skills Motor Coaches Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bus service for college students to college, across areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Bilborough College wishes to tender for the provision of student transportAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000

Bilborough College wishes to tender for the provision of student transport.

The contract shall be awarded for a 3-year period from 01 September 2022 until 31 August 2025 with the option to extend for two further periods of one year (i.e. five years in total, subject to satisfactory performance).

The new operator will provide a daily bus service for students across a number of routes covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The college currently has approximately 500 bus users over 11 daily routes.

Expressions of interest opens on Wednesday 9 February and a PPQ will be sent to interested suppliers on request. Successful bidders from the PQQ stage will be invited to tender thereafter.

Delivery: East Midlands · Between Bilborough college and various outlying locations

Extensions: Extension of 2 years on a 1+1 basis, subject to satisfactory performance of the service.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 30%Price: 70%

Published sub-criteria (5)

Compliance with tender: 1%
innovation: 4%
service: 20%
administration: 5%
price: 70%

Published award criteria (5)

Compliance with tender: 1
innovation: 4
service: 20
administration: 5
Price: 70

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
As set out in the PQQ documentation

Staff: Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

What this means for your bid

Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Restricted procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Feb 2022, 12:05 GMT
Last source update: 27 Jul 2022, 15:29 BST
Award evaluation window: 23 Mar 2022 – …
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-020506
Classification (CPV): Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03151d Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

Publisher note: (MT Ref:226932)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals

Submission deadline: 21 Feb 2022, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.mytenders.co.uk ↗

Timeline

21 Feb 2022 → 27 Jul 2022 · 2 dates

Submission deadline
21 Feb 2022, 16:00 GMT
Notice published
27 Jul 2022, 15:29 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
27 Jul 2022, 15:29 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,566,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Jul 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Skills Motor Coaches LtdSME	£1,566,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 020506-2022-225331-1 · Skills Motor Coaches LtdSME
Signed
26 Jul 2022
Value
£1,566,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad	3	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bilborough College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation College Way, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG8 4DQContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Skills Motor CoachesAwarded supplier Belgrave Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG6 8LYContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria