Official UK procurement notice
Student Transport Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: West Lothian College (Education)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking a Contractor(s) for the supply of Student Transport Services: Lot 1: Conveyance of Students and Lot 2: Ad hoc Coach Hire
- Recurrence: April 2024 if no extensions utilised April 2026 if all extensions utilised
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Public road transport services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 12 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (3.0 per place) · 3 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Coneyance of StudentsAwardedRenewal
Conveyance of Students on daily route from home to College and return
Lot #2Ad hoc Coach HireAwardedRenewal
Ad hoc Coach Hire for Student Trips - various sized coaches required
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 (7)
- Service Delivery - Understanding of the Requirements: 18%
- Service Delivery - Punctuality and Reliability: 12%
- Training: 9%
- Contract Management: 7%
- Added Value: 5%
- price: 40%
- Sustainability: 9%
Published award criteria (8)
- Service Delivery - Understanding of the Requirements: 18
- Service Delivery - Punctuality and Reliability: 12
- Service Delivery - Presentation of Staff and Vehicles: 0
- Training: 9
- Contract Management: 7
- Sustainability: 9
- Added Value: 5
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Student Transport Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 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 · April 2024 if no extensions utilised April 2026 if all extensions utilised
- First published
- 12 Apr 2021, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jul 2021, 12:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 May 2021 – …
- Authority reference
WLC-2021-022- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016210- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a531Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
Publisher note: (SC Ref:660360)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 12 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
12 May 2021 → 12 Jul 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened13 May 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published12 Jul 2021, 12:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete12 Jul 2021, 12:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Coneyance of Students
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2021
- Value
- £140,000
- Status
- active
Ad hoc Coach Hire
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2021
- Value
- £50,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Coneyance of Students | 11bids · 11 electronic | 8 | — | — |
| 2 · Ad hoc Coach Hire | 12bids · 12 electronic | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- West Lothian Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Bzzzy busFramework contractor
- Prentice Westwood Ltd.Framework contractor
- SALMONDS MINI COACH HIRE LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria