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website: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ and under the opportunities option, select
Welland Procurement from the Organisation menu, and access the project via your
ProContract profile. You will immediately have access to the tender pack.
Rutland County Council would like to invite suppliers to bid for it's transport and home to
school services, which is available in 3 Lots: Lot 1 - Educational Bus Services; Lot 2 -
Specialist Transport Services, and; Lot 3 - Pence Per Mile routes for bus and taxi routes.
Please note that there is no route this year for public bus transport routes. There is 1 route for
Lot 1 at an estimated cost of £128,000.00, 34 routes for Lot 2 at an estimated cost of
£1,826,600.00, and 2 routes for Lot 3 at an estimated cost of £40,400.00.
Please note that bidders must check Document 2 - Route Specifications 2023 to check the
exact requirements for vehicles, drivers, and where appropriate passenger assistants before
bidding for each route, as routes differ regarding DBS checks required and the sizes and
specifications of the vehicles to be used on the routes. Bidders not meeting these
requirements will not be considered for contract award if they do not meet these
requirements.
There are no qualitative scored questions for this procurement as all routes are to be
evaluated on price only. Prices that tie for the lowest price will result in the route not being awarded. Package bids are not accepted for this procurement and bids must be submitted in the exact format requested on the pricing schedule. Prices must not be qualified in order to secure
other contracts as per Document One. Bidders not following this request will be eliminated
from this procurement exercise.
This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This Lot has
one route which is for a five year contract, requiring vehicles with a minimum of 54 seats.
An Enhanced adult and child DBS check is a mandatory requirement for these routes. No
qualitative assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price only.
This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This Lot has
34 routes and contract lengths and requirements vary. Please see Document Two for route
and requirement information. No qualitative assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price
only.
This is an Open Tender compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is a pence
per mile Lot with 2 contracts that are awarded for 1 year each in total. No qualitative
assessment is required on this Lot - 100% price only