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Gateway 3 Contract Award: SEN Transport

 

 

Meeting: 09/04/2019 - Cabinet (Item 11)

11 Gateway 3 Contract Award: Home to School Framework Provision pdf icon PDF 192 KB

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the tender and evaluation process for the Home to School Travel Assistance Framework Provision. The framework proposed was an overarching framework from which individual transport contracts could be called off through mini-competitions and direct awards.

 

The report had been considered by the Procurement Board on 20 March 2019, details of which were set out in section 5 of the report.

 

This report was accompanied by an exempt appendix which contained key information in respect of the financial analysis, evaluation and award.

 

The Council's decision to award these contracts would be subject to observing the procurement standstill period of a minimum of 10 days in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Council would be unable to conclude the framework agreement before the end of the standstill period.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

57/2019

The Cabinet approved the award of the contracts to the successful bidders, as outlined in Section 3.1 of the exempt appendix and set out below:

Framework Submissions

Solo Transport

Shared Transport

ABC Taxis

Y

Y

City Travel

Y

Y

HATS Group

Y

Y

John Reilly

Y

Y

London Hire

X

Y

ASD Transport

Y

Y

Place to Place

Y

Y

Strood Cabs

Y

Y

Vokes Taxis

Y

Y

Total:

8

9

 

The Cabinet noted that there was nil financial impact as a result of this contract award and that the Procurement Board had agreed to receive a briefing paper providing details of the financial outturn in October 2019.

 

Reasons:

 

Awarding the contract to the successful bidders is recommended on the basis that this will ensure a robust legal position for procuring transportation of children with Special Educational Needs to school, the procurement process has been conducted to deliver the expected results, to do so allows Medway to preserve reputation and have access to quality providers and approved routes.