Official UK procurement notice
CE-171-23 - Provision of a Taxi Service Framework Agreement
Authority: South Ayrshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe primary objective is to successfully implement a fourth generation Framework Agreement with multiple Taxi Providers to provide transport services for school children with additional support needs, for children and young adults with complex disabled needs, general taxi services for employees and elected members of South Ayrshire Council when required to perform their official duties and the distribution of food to school establishments under five individual Lots.
The new Framework shall begin in April 2024 (to ensure new contracts are in place before the start of the school term which will have to be conducted via Mini-Competition).
- Recurrence: January 2028
CPV: Taxi services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 18 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 18 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Transportation of Children and Young People between Educational Establishments for Additional Support Need and Consortium Travel ArrangementsAwardedRenewal
Lot #2Transportation of Babies, Children and Young Adults with Support and Complex Needs and Disabilities.AwardedRenewal
Lot #3Provision of a General Taxi ServiceAwardedRenewal
Lot #4Provision of a Taxi Service for Food DistributionAwardedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- QUALITY: 100
- Price: 0
- Suitability
Please refer to Procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
It is a requirement of this procurement that Tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of any subsequently concluded Framework Agreement, the conditions indicated below:
-Be a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for each driver and escort (if applicable) –they must also have been deemed suitable by South Ayrshire Council.
- An appropriate licence for the vehicle they will be driving where required by law, being either a private hire car driver licence or a taxi driver licence in terms of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
Evidence for this requirement will be requested at the “Request For Documentation” Stage.
- “CE-171-23 - Provision of a Taxi Service Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · January 2028
- First published
- 12 Jan 2024, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Apr 2024, 09:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Feb 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013377- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042cd7Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to Procurement documents
Publisher note: Please refer to Procurement documents (SC Ref:764750)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 16 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Feb 2024 → 25 Apr 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown16 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published25 Apr 2024, 09:27 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Apr 2024, 09:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £8,331,480, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Transportation of Children and Young People between Educational Establishments for Additional Support Need and Consortium Travel Arrangements
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transportation of Babies, Children and Young Adults with Support and Complex Needs and Disabilities.
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Provision of a General Taxi Service
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Provision of a Taxi Service for Food Distribution
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Transportation of Children and Young People between Educational Establishments for Additional Support Need and Consortium Travel Arrangements | 18bids · 18 electronic | 18 | — | — |
| 2 · Transportation of Babies, Children and Young Adults with Support and Complex Needs and Disabilities. | 18bids · 18 electronic | 18 | — | — |
| 3 · Provision of a General Taxi Service | 18bids · 18 electronic | 18 | — | — |
| 4 · Provision of a Taxi Service for Food Distribution | 18bids · 18 electronic | 18 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ayr Sheriff CourtsReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
18 commercial parties on the notice- 1 Alba Cabs LimitedFramework contractor
- Ayr Citadel TaxisFramework contractor
- Ayr premier taxisFramework contractor
- Campbell Contracts LimitedFramework contractor
- Cowans Of AyrFramework contractor
- E&S TRAVELFramework contractor
- GRAHAMS TAXIS COYLTONFramework contractor
- Garry Gemmell TaxisFramework contractor
- Hannah's Taxis & MinibusesFramework contractor
- Jamies taxisFramework contractor
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- John Kelly TaxisFramework contractor
- KYLE MINIBUSESFramework contractor
- Majid Ali KhanFramework contractor
- Muhammad Sahib LiaquatFramework contractor
- South Ayrshire Community TransportFramework contractor
- Streamline TaxisFramework contractor
- b&g contractsFramework contractor
- mccartney taxis ltdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria