Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 11 May 2021, 08:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CON328697707 - SEN & Adult Social Care Transport

Official notice

Authority: Luton Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesMax 2 lots per supplier
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 29 Jun 2021from the planned procurement notice
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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. 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. These people may have a significant disability and/or additional needs therefore some technical equipment or trained personnel may be required. Passenger Assistants/Escorts may also be required on some routes to provide support to Service Users who have additional needs.

What is being bought

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: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1Luton Borough Council will be utilising an accelerated open tender procedure to go out…Planned

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
11 May 2021, 08:07 BST
Last source update
11 May 2021, 08:07 BST
Authority reference
DN540220
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-010200
Classification (CPV)
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02af49 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
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Submission channel
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Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 May 2021 → 29 Jun 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 May 2021, 08:07 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    29 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Luton Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Luton, UKContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.