Official UK procurement notice
School Transport Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: PENK VALLEY ACADEMY TRUST (Public body)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG2)
Published estimate£230,000≈ £230k / year
Submissions closed 31 May 2024
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Sept 2024
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPenk Valley Academy Trust is seeking proposals from qualified transportation service providers for the provision of out of catchment school transport services commencing September 2024.
The contract will be for one academic year commencing September 2024 with an option to extend for a further academic year with Trust Board approval.
The contracted Transport Services will, in summary:
- Provide transport to and from schools Monday - Friday as per the agreed times with Penk Valley Academy Trust
- Provide transport to and from the areas listed on the route sheets for Wolgarston High School ST19 5RX and the Rural Enterprise Academy ST19 5PH with an option to add in more schools within Penkridge, should the needs arise
- To provide a service for 38 weeks (190 School days) per academic year during term time only, with the availability to be flexible when required
- To maintain reliable and regular contact with the transport team regarding any issues, concerns and changes
- To maintain seating plans and check student bus passes for safeguarding purposes where appropriate
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The contracted Transport Services will, in summary:Published value£230,000
The contracted Transport Services will, in summary:
- Provide transport to and from schools Monday - Friday as per the agreed times with Penk Valley Academy Trust
- Provide transport to and from the areas listed on the route sheets for Wolgarston High School ST19 5RX and the Rural Enterprise Academy ST19 5PH with an option to add in more schools within Penkridge, should the needs arise
- To provide a service for 38 weeks (190 School days) per academic year during term time only, with the availability to be flexible when required
- To maintain reliable and regular contact with the transport team regarding any issues, concerns and changes
- To maintain seating plans and check student bus passes for safeguarding purposes where appropriate
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
- Closed
- 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
- 3 May 2024, 16:37 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2024, 16:37 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
PVATSept2024- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014419- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045760Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
Timeline
3 May 2024 → 31 Aug 2025 · 5 dates- Notice published3 May 2024, 16:37 BST
- Submission deadline31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.