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Gateway 3 Contract Award: Special Educational Needs Transport Contract Renewals 2010

 

 

Meeting: 20/07/2010 - Cabinet (Item 72)

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Minutes:

This report recommended the award of home to school passenger transport contracts to local taxi and bus companies via the existing Local Transport Framework.

 

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Home to School transport is provided under Medway Council’s statutory obligations. Taking into account the needs of the children and the sensitivity of the re-tender, the need to establish continuity and manage change with minimal disruption has been shown to be of the highest importance to these vulnerable children and their families.

 

An exempt appendix identified the tenders for the contracts. 

 

It was noted that the Procurement Board had considered this report on 30 June 2010 and had supported the recommendations as set out in the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

113/2010

The Cabinet agreed to award the contracts as set out below and detailed in Appendix 2 of the report:

(a)                  Bradfields 1 – M&T Travel

(b)                 Bradfields 2 – Strood Cabs

(c)                  Danecourt 1 – Strood Cabs

(d)                 Danecourt 2 – Strood Cabs

(e)                  All Faiths 1 – Strood Cabs

(f)                    All Faiths 2 – Strood Cabs

(g)                 All Faiths 3 – Strood Cabs

(h)                 Wyvern – Rainham Cabs

(i)                    Mid-Kent College 1 – Strood Cabs

(j)                    Mid - Kent College 2 – ASD Coaches

(k)                  Goldwyn – SAS Executive Travel

(l)                    Abbey Court 1 – Strood Cabs

(m)               Abbey Court 2 – Strood Cabs

(n)                 Hundred of Hoo – ASD Coaches

(o)                 Preston Skreens - Demelza House – SAS Executive Travel.

Reasons:

These awards will allow the continuation of transport for SEN children currently accessing education via this service and facilitate the entry into schools of new SEN pupils joining the service.