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Published 25 Sept 2023, 09:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Transport for the School Swimming Service - PH/2023/374*

Official notice

Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£450,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Nov 2023awarded 26 Feb 2024
Awarded to Copelands Tours (Stoke on Trent) Ltd

Re-procurement plannedTransport for School Swimming

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide transport to and from Fenton Manor Sports Complex, New Horizons, and potentially Dimensions, for the various schools that use Stoke on Trent City’s pools for swimming lessons.

CPV: Buses and coaches · Coaching services · Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 27%Price: 70%Social value: 3%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Vehicle Resource: 6%
  • Reliability and safety: 6%
  • communication: 6%
  • Contingency measures: 6%
  • Capacity: 3%
  • price: 70%
  • Social Value: 3%
Published award criteria (7)
  • Vehicle Resource: 6
  • Reliability and safety: 6
  • communication: 6
  • Contingency measures: 6
  • Social Value: 3
  • Capacity: 3
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Sept 2023, 09:12 BST
Last source update
26 Feb 2024, 11:18 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN660186
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006072
Classification (CPV)
Buses and coachesCoaching servicesHire of buses and coaches with driverHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04033d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Nov 2023 → 26 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    26 Feb 2024, 11:18 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Feb 2024, 11:18 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Copelands Tours (Stoke on Trent) LtdSME£450,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authoritySchool transport for swimming Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.