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Gateway 4 Procurement Post Project Completion Review: SEN School Transport Contract Renewal

Meeting: 14/02/2012 - Cabinet (Item 16)

16 Gateway 4 Procurement Post Project Completion Review: SEN School Transport Contract Renewal September 2010 PDF 50 KB

Minutes:

Background:

This report reviewed the progress of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) school TransportContracts that began in September 2010 withcontracts awarded to various contractors as highlighted within paragraph 2.1.2 of the report. These contracts provided both scheduled Home to School and ad hoc respite care transport to students with special educational needs. The report set out a number of options together with their respective advantages and disadvantages.

An exempt appendix provided key information in relation to finance and the whole life costings for this contract.

Decision number:	Decision:
48/2012	The Cabinet approved the preferred option highlighted at Section 4.1 ‘Preferred Option’ (continuing with the current contracts as set out in section 2.1 of the report, for the remainder of the contract term and negating any further Gateway 4 or Gateway 5 requirements).

Reasons:

The contracts awarded are running successfully; with all operators meeting the required level of service and carrying out their routes in line with the necessary specification. This has allowed Medway Council to maintain its statutory duty of providing free home to school transport to those passengers who have qualified for the service.

The contracts having been awarded as a result of a competitive tender process, having ascertained the most economically advantageous operator, the contracts still represent best value.