Estimated Value
£4,000,000 – £8,000,000
Deadline
18 March 2016
Published
12 February 2016
Type
services
Overview
This framework will cover the Council's requirements for taxi and minibus services, it will encompass Home to Care Transport, Home to School and College Transport, Transport for Adults, Looked After Children, People with Additional Needs, other Vulnerable People, Officers of the Council and any other transport requirement as authorised by the Authorised Officer. There will be no maximum number of contractors allocated a place on the framework for this Lot and each route will be issued to all Contractors as a mini-competition with the lowest cost Contractor being awarded that work.
This Lot will also include all requirements for coaches and minibuses. There will be no maximum number of Contractors allocated a place on the framework for this Lot.
Short Term requests will be issued to all Contractors as a mini-competition with the lowest cost Contractor being awarded that work. There will be a maximum of 5 Contractors awarded a place on this Lot.
Lots (3)
- Lot 1Fixed term routes - this Lot will cover all routes where the Council has more than 2 working days' notice before the route commencement date
- Lot 2Short Term Requests - this Lot will cover routes where the Council has more than 5 hours and up to two working days' notice before the route commencement date
- Lot 3Emergency Requests - this Lot will cover requests where the Council have less than 5 hours' notice before route commencement
Additional details
All contractors who express an interest in being included on this Lot will be evaluated on prices submitted at tender stage and the top 5 will be included on this Lot. Emergency requests will be issued to the 5 Contractors via mini-competition. Additional information: Instructions to Suppliers: Documents are available to download from the NEPO Portal. www.nepoportal.org
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Gateshead CouncilKey Dates
Published
12 February 2016
Submission deadline
18 March 2016
Notice type
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