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Published 18 Jun 2021, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CON328697707 - PROVISION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT (HOME TO SCHOOL/DAY CARE)

Official notice

Authority: Luton Borough Council (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableAcceleratedMax 2 lots per supplier
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 3 Jul 2021awarded 2 Aug 2021
Lots 2max 2 won per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Luton Borough Council’s Passenger Transport Unit is seeking experienced and qualified

Transport providers to potentially provide assistance with the transport needs of Vulnerable

Adults and/or SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) Children to and from schools, Day Centres and/or other establishments as part of their agreed social care

provision.

CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
18 bids received · 9 suppliers appointed
Electronic auction
yes

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1SEN TransportAwarded

Luton Borough Council will be utilising an accelerated open tender procedure to go out to

market to provide a Service for the transportation of Vulnerable Adults and/or SEND

(Special Educational Needs and Disability) Children. This type of Service would include

transporting Vulnerable Adults and/or Vulnerable/SEND Children travelling to and from

Schools, Day Centres and/or other establishments as part of their agreed social care

provision. These people may have a significant disability and/or additional needs therefore

some technical equipment or trained personnel may be required. The Service may require a

range of Vehicles including cars, people carriers, wheelchair-accessible Vehicles, mini buses

and coaches. Passenger Assistants/Escorts may also be required on some routes to provide

support to Service Users who have additional needs. Vetting and safeguarding requirements

for service providers will be of paramount importance.

Delivery: UK
60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lot #2PTU TransportRenewal

Luton Borough Council will be utilising an accelerated open tender procedure to go out to

market to provide a Service for the transportation of Vulnerable Adults and/or SEND

(Special Educational Needs and Disability) Children. This type of Service would include

transporting Vulnerable Adults and/or Vulnerable/SEND Children travelling to and from

Schools, Day Centres and/or other establishments as part of their agreed social care

provision. These people may have a significant disability and/or additional needs therefore

some technical equipment or trained personnel may be required. The Service may require a

range of Vehicles including cars, people carriers, wheelchair-accessible Vehicles, mini buses

and coaches. Passenger Assistants/Escorts may also be required on some routes to provide support to Service Users who have additional needs. Vetting and safeguarding requirements

for service providers will be of paramount importance.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The is a statutory service that will be regularly reviewed and retendered as contracts (plus any extensions) expire. These opportunities will be advertised as per public procurement regulation requirements.Variant bids: not allowed
60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

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: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Method Statements: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Method Statements: 40
  • Price: 60
Lot distribution rule: Lot 1 SEN Children Lot 2 Vulnerable Adults
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “CON328697707 - PROVISION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT (HOME TO SCHOOL/DAY…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
First published
18 Jun 2021, 15:45 BST
Last source update
26 Aug 2021, 15:45 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN540220
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021189
Accelerated
Owing to statutory requirement and need to deliver procurement compliantly in limited time frame
Classification (CPV)
Special-purpose road passenger-transport servicesTransport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bdd1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
3 Jul 2021
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

3 Jul 2021 → 26 Aug 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    3 Jul 2021
  2. Bids opened
    4 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Aug 2021, 15:45 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Aug 2021, 15:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 9admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1812 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Aug 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • CON328697707 - PROVISION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT (HOME TO SCHOOL/DAY CARE)

    Signed
    2 Aug 2021
    Value
    £9,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · SEN Transport18bids · 18 electronic12——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Luton Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, George Street, Luton, UK, LU1 2BQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Framework contractors & participating bidders

9 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.