Official UK procurement notice
Passenger Taxi and/or Courier Transport Services - WHSCT [5226757]
Authority: Business Services Organisation·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionPassenger Taxi and/or Courier Transport Services - WHSCT [5226757]
CPV: Courier services · Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Post and courier services · Public road transport services · Road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services · Taxi services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 39 suppliers · 10 bids on the busiest of 10 lots (0.3 per place) · 5 appointed
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 10 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £0: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Mandatory Award Criteria - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedceiling above
Passenger Taxi and/or Courier Transport Services - WHSCT [5226757] Additional information: This Lot was included for system purposes and all tenderers HAD to complete it if submitting a bid for any Lots relating to Passenger Taxi Transport Services, as it contained Award Criteria Questions for Quality and Social Value
Lot #2Mandatory Selection and Award Criteria - Courier Transport ServicesAwardedceiling above
Passenger Taxi and/or Courier Transport Services - WHSCT [5226757] Additional information: This Lot was included for system purposes and all tenderers HAD to complete it if submitting a bid for any Lots relating to Courier Transport Services, as it contained Selection and Award Criteria Questions for Quality and Social Value
Lot #3Londonderry Area - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£4,160,705
Lot #4Limavady/Dungiven Areas - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£626,910
Lot #5Strabane Area - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,141,469
Lot #6Omagh Area - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,746,754
Lot #7Enniskillen Area - Passenger Taxi Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,927,647
Lot #8Londonderry Area - Courier Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,197,984
Lot #9Omagh Area - Courier Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£706,786
Lot #10Enniskillen Area - Courier Transport ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,394,680
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)
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Passenger Taxi and/or Courier Transport Services - WHSCT [5226757]” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 39 suppliers, 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 · 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
- First published
- 29 Apr 2024, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Oct 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016086- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0455d7Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the Framework Agreement is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the Framework Agreement is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Publisher note: In section I.2 it is stated that this is a joint procurement and contract award is by a central purchasing body. This Framework Agreement is not a joint contract, it is a central purchasing body Framework Agreement operated by Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of the Western Health and Social Care Trust. The Contracting Authority has identified the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) on the basis of the Price 90% and Social Value 10%, once full compliance was demonstrated with all of the elements of the specification, including Quality – Pass/Fail and any other requirements as listed in the tender documentation. Details of the Quality, Social Value and the evaluation process incorporating price and compliance are provided as part of the Tender Evaluation Methodology and Marking Scheme (TEMMS) (SS20b). The value shown in II.1.5 of Contract Notice 2024/S 000-029806 will be used in the assessment of issues relating to materiality should they arise during the period of the Framework Agreement. PIN 2024/S 000-013769 also refers.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 18 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
Timeline
16 Aug 2024 → 6 May 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected16 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Oct 2024, 15:30 BST
- Notice published18 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
- Bids must remain valid until6 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2024- Published value published: £14,902,93518 Sept 2024, 11:48 BST
- Status changed to active18 Sept 2024, 11:48 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Sept 2024, 11:48 BST
- Deadline published: 18 Oct 2024, 15:00 BST18 Sept 2024, 11:48 BST
- Buyer details updated18 Sept 2024, 11:48 BST
- Status changed to complete18 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
- Buyer details updated18 Apr 2025, 12:16 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £0, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Mandatory Award Criteria - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 8 - Enniskillen Area - Courier Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Mandatory Selection and Award Criteria - Courier Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Londonderry Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Limavady/Dungiven Areas - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Strabane Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Omagh Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - Enniskillen Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - Londonderry Area - Courier Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - Omagh Area - Courier Transport Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Mandatory Award Criteria - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 2 · Mandatory Selection and Award Criteria - Courier Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · Londonderry Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £5,429 – £850,115 |
| 4 · Limavady/Dungiven Areas - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | £97,735 – £213,610 |
| 5 · Strabane Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £16,890 – £198,330 |
| 6 · Omagh Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £39,635 – £344,280 |
| 7 · Enniskillen Area - Passenger Taxi Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | £7,088 – £736,065 |
| 8 · Londonderry Area - Courier Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £92,237 – £247,950 |
| 9 · Omagh Area - Courier Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £39,408 – £123,150 |
| 10 · Enniskillen Area - Courier Transport Services | 10bids · 10 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | £56,457 – £137,700 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £5,429 – £850,115 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics ServiceContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
- Western Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services OrganisationReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- CEDAR CAR CONTRACTS LTDFramework contractor
- DIAMOND CABS COACH HIRE LTDFramework contractor
- Foyle Taxis LtdFramework contractor
- JOE'S TAXIFramework contractor
- URGENT TAXIS LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.