Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Taxi and Private Hire Passenger Transport Service REF: SW/24/TAXI
Authority: Falkirk Council (Local council)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Scotland (UKM76)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,100,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 24 May 2024awarded 27 Jun 2024
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFalkirk Council wishes to establish a Framework with multiple operators to provide Taxi Transport Services for Vulnerable Social Work Service Users.
CPV: Taxi services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers · 9 bids received (0.9 per place) · 9 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Requirement for call off contract for Taxi and PHC Transport for vulnerable Service usersAwardedRenewal
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 10%
- price: 90%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Evaluation: 10
- Price: 90
Conditions of participation1
- Technical & professional ability
Operators must be licensed under the Civic Government Scotland Act 1982
What this means for your bid
- 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.
- “Provision of a Taxi and Private Hire Passenger Transport Service REF:…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Apr 2024, 17:05 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2024, 13:21 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 24 May 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036413- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0454f5Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:782980)
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
- Appointment period ends
- 24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
24 May 2024 → 11 Nov 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published11 Nov 2024, 13:21 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Nov 2024, 13:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 9admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jun 2024
1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 036413-2024-SW/24/TAXI-1
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requirement for call off contract for Taxi and PHC Transport for vulnerable Service users | 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 9 | — | £2 – £3 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £2 – £3 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Falkirk Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- BAIRD TAXIS LTDFramework contractor
- Bruce Taxis LtdFramework contractor
- David MackayFramework contractor
- Express Taxis LtdFramework contractor
- Fourways Taxis LtdFramework contractor
- Grant ChatburnFramework contractor
- MrFramework contractor
- RL taxisFramework contractor
- allan grayFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.