Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Taxi Services Framework
Authority: Inverness College UHI (Also known as UHI Inverness) (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking to award a Multi Contractor Framework for the Provision of Taxi Services for UHI Inverness as set out in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and its appendices.
- Recurrence: 6 Months prior to the end of initial / extension period
CPV: Taxi services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.7 per place) · 1 appointed
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority is seeking a Contractor to provide Transport Services, specifically the…AwardedRenewal
The Authority is seeking a Contractor to provide Transport Services, specifically the transportation of authorised students (some with additional support needs or disabilities), and staff to be transported to and from specified locations and the UHI Inverness campus locations.
The Transport Service will deliver the passengers to the UHI Inverness campus locations in the morning and return them to agreed locations at the end of the college day (some collections/drop offs will be to/from student’s home addresses and others will be centralised pick up/drop off points for multiple students).
The Transport Service is required Monday to Friday during the College semesters (semester dates will be confirmed at a later date). Additional information: Tenderers are expected to examine all instructions, questions, forms, terms, and specification in the ITT and check they are complete in all respects.
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 sub-criteria (6)
- Service Delivery Methodology: 21%
- Key Personnel & Booking Methodology: 14%
- Health and Safety: 18%
- Value Added Services: 7%
- Cost: 30%
- Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Delivery Methodology: 21
- Key Personnel & Booking Methodology: 14
- Health and Safety: 18
- Sustainability: 10
- Value Added Services: 7
- Cost: 30
- Suitability
Bidders must confirm that they hold a Taxi or Private Hire Car Operator’s Licence issued under the Civic Government Scotland Act 1982. A copy of the Operator’s Licence must be provided.
The Contractor and any sub-Contractors (if relevant) must hold a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operator’s licence and should ensure all relevant legislation and regulations are adhered to in order to maintain their PSV licence throughout the duration of the Contract.
All drivers must have a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification and have been Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checked by the authority prior to commencing duties under this contract.
From 1 July 2025 onwards, it will become a criminal offence for:
-individuals to carry out a regulated role if they are not a member of the PVG scheme
-organisations to offer a regulated role to an individual who is not a member of the PVG scheme
This adds to the existing offences under the PVG Act. It will continue to be an offence for an individual to seek, agree to do or carry out a regulated role if the individual is barred from working with children, protected adults or both. Similarly, organisations must not offer a regulated role to someone who is barred from that type of regulated role.
As it is the responsibility of the employer to process PVG’s, all contractors must ensure the full scheme membership of all applicable employees is in place and this is checked against the children’s barred list.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Provision of Taxi Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 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 · 6 Months prior to the end of initial / extension period
- First published
- 14 May 2025, 14:12 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2025, 12:18 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jun 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CS-IC-26667- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046089- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0511d1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The Contract Agreement will be monitored against Key Performance Indicators specified in detail in the table contained in the ITT. The Contractor must provide KPI information to the Authority’s nominated contact every 6 months.
This list may be further developed throughout the lifetime of the Contract Agreement as demand evolves in consultation with the Contractor and User Intelligence Group.
Publisher note: Tenderers are expected to examine all instructions, questions, forms, terms, and specification in the ITT and check they are complete in all respects. Tenderers should notify the Authority promptly of any perceived ambiguity, inconsistency, or omissions in this ITT, any of its associated documents and/or any other documentation issued to them during the procurement exercise. Tenderers are responsible for ensuring that they have submitted a complete and accurate Tender Response. Prices must be submitted in GBP Sterling, exclusive of VAT (SC Ref:806343)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
17 Jun 2025 → 5 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened17 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published5 Aug 2025, 12:18 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Published value published: £240,00014 May 2025, 14:14 BST
- Status changed to active14 May 2025, 14:14 BST
- Procurement method changed14 May 2025, 14:14 BST
- Deadline moved to 17 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST14 May 2025, 14:14 BST+31 days · was 17 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete5 Aug 2025, 12:18 BST
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 17 Jun 2025 | 17 May 2025 | -31 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 17 May 2025 | 17 Jun 2025 | +31 d |
Typo on System. Time on ITT is 12.00
Correct Time and date of 17/06/2025 12.00 Noon Updated
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 14 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 046089-2025-CS-IC-26667-1
- Signed
- 14 Jul 2025
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish Courts and TribunalsReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Inverness taxisFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria