Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Transport for Harper and Keele Veterinary School 2022/23 to 2024/2025 Academic Years
Authority: Keele University Science And Business Park (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe main reason not to sub-divide this into lots, given the need for one Service Provider to coordinate the delivery of all of the services required. The transport of Year 1 Students, Year 2 Students and Year 3 Students for the Academic Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 for Harper and Keele Vet School students to attend joint lectures and other joint
teaching across the two sites.
The contract will commence Academic Year 2022/2023 starting on 3rd October 2022 and ending Academic Year 2024/2025 ending 23rd May 2025 for transport requirements.
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Using coach
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The transport of Year 1 Students, Year 2 Students and Year 3 Students for the Academic…AwardedRenewalPublished value£395,000
The transport of Year 1 Students, Year 2 Students and Year 3 Students for the Academic Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and
2024/2025 for Harper and Keele Vet School students to attend joint lectures and other joint teaching across the two sites.
The contract will commence Academic Year 2022/2023 starting on 3rd October 2022 and ending Academic Year 2024/2025 ending 23rd May 2025 for transport requirements.
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 (4)
- Approach and Methodology for the delivery of the Contract /: 350
- Proposed Management Structure, Responsibilities and Skills: 200
- Performance Monitoring: 100
- price: 300
Published award criteria (4)
- Approach and Methodology for the delivery of the Contract /: 350
- Proposed Management Structure, Responsibilities and Skills: 200
- Performance Monitoring: 100
- Price: 300
- Price carries 300 of 950 points: a 10% discount moves about 30 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 27 Jun 2022, 16:23 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Oct 2022, 15:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
KU/352/KB/JR/2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030066- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034b2eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The Tenderer shall bear all costs incurred by it in connection with the preparation and submission of any response in connection with this procurement and to bear any further costs incurred by the Tenderer prior to Contract award. The tender will remain valid and open for acceptance for a minimum period of 3 months from the Tender Deadline. This period may be extended with the mutual agreement of both Keele University and the Tenderer. All tenderers are required to answer a number of Suitability Assessment Questions to enable Keele University to assess whether they meet minimum standards of suitability, capability and financial standing. Keele University has utilised extracts from the governments Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) to capture the information required. Keele University will undertake a Creditsafe credit report in respect of the Tenderer. Tenderers may be excluded from the process where their Creditsafe Credit Rating is 29 out of 100 or below.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Aug 2022, 12:05 BST
Timeline
1 Aug 2022 → 25 Oct 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline1 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Aug 2022, 12:05 BST
- Contract starts3 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published25 Oct 2022, 15:01 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Oct 2022- Status changed to complete25 Oct 2022, 15:01 BST
- Buyer details updated25 Oct 2022, 15:01 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmeswood Coaches Ltd | £399,840 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Transport for Harper and Keele Veterinary School 2022/23 to 2024/2025 Academic Years · Holmeswood Coaches Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2022
- Value
- £399,840
- Period
- … – 23 May 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
- University of KeeleMediation bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Holmeswood Coaches Ltd T/A Bostock's CoachesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria