Agenda item

Gateway 3 Contract Award: SEN Transport Framework

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the outcome of the tender process to award contracts for the provision of SEN Transport, via a Framework, from September 2015 that would be managed by Medway Norse under arrangements put in place in April 2014. The Framework would cover three areas, namely:

 

  • Spot Purchase/Ad Hoc Routes;
  • School Sites;
  • Write Trak (home tutoring transport service).

 

The report gave details of the procurement process undertaken and the business case for this procurement. An exempt appendix provided details of the whole life costings of the contract and the tender evaluation process.

 

The Procurement Board considered this report on 25 March 2015 and supported the recommendations as set out at section 8 of the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

80/2015

The Cabinet approved the following operators for inclusion on the SEN Transport Framework, as set out in the exempt appendix:

Lot 1 – Write Trak

Framework Ranking List:

1 - Vokes Taxis Ltd

2 - SAS Executive Travel

3 - ABC Taxis

4 - ASD Transport

 

Lot 2 - Spot Purchase

 

Hackney Carriage Vehicle Up to 20 Miles Ranking List:

1 - SAS Executive Travel

2 - Canada Cabs

3 - Vokes Taxis

4 - Lance Ridden

5 - Mark Jennings

6 - Rainham Coach Co

7 - ABC Taxis

8 - John Reilly Transport

 

Hackney Carriage Vehicle Over 20 Miles Ranking List:

1 - Canada Cabs

2 - SAS Executive Travel

3 - Vokes

4 - Mark Jennings

5 - Lance Ridden Contractors

6 - Rainham Coach Co

7 - John Reilly Transport

8 - ABC Taxis

 

Hackney Carriage Wheelchair Vehicle Up to 20 Miles Ranking List

1 - Canada Cabs

2 - Vokes Taxis Ltd

3 - Lance Ridden Contractors

4 - Rainham Coach Co

5 - John Reilly Transport

6 - ABC Taxis

7 - SAS Executive Travel

8 - City travel

 

Hackney Carriage Wheelchair Vehicle Over 20 Miles Ranking List

1 - Canada Cabs

2 - Vokes Taxis Ltd

3 - Lance Ridden Contractors

4 - Rainham Coach Co

5 - John Reilly Transport

6 - ABC Taxis

7 - SAS Executive Travel

8 - City Travel

 

PSV:

*PSV Vehicle Up to 50 Miles Ranking List:

1 - Rainham Coach Co

2 - Vokes Taxis Ltd

3 - ABC Taxis

4 - SAS Executive Travel

5 - London Hire Ltd

6 - City Travel

7 - ASD Transport

 

*PSV Vehicle Over 50 Miles Ranking List:

1 - Rainham Coach Co

2 - Vokes Taxis Ltd

3 - SAS Executive Travel

4 - ABC Taxis

5 - London Hire Ltd

6 - ASD Transport

7 - City Travel

 

*PSV Wheelchair Vehicle Up to 50 Miles Ranking List

1 - Rainham Coach Co

2 - Compaid

3 - SAS Executive Travel

4 - ABC Taxis

5 - City Travel

6 - London Hire Ltd

7 - ASD Transport

 

*PSV Wheelchair Vehicle Over 50 Miles Ranking List

1 - Rainham Coach Co

2 - Compaid

3 - SAS Executive Travel

4 - ABC Taxis

5 - London Hire Ltd

6 - ASD Transport

7 - City Travel

 

*The Cabinet noted that the PSV Ranking Lists only have 7 operators on each, opposed to the maximum of 8 outlined within the OJEU notice, as these were the only operators to pass the quality criteria.

 

Lot 3 – School Sites

 

1 - ABC Taxis

2 - ASD Transport

3 - City Travel

4 - Compaid

5 - John Reilly Transport

6 - Lance Ridden Contractors

7 - London Hire Ltd

8 - Rainham Coach Co

9 - SAS Executive Travel

10 - Vokes Taxis Ltd.

Reasons:

 

This award will:

  • Provide an essential replacement for the current SEN Transport Framework which is due to end in August 2015, allowing officers to continue to procure a statutory service.
  • Provide a mechanism for procuring spot purchase / ad-hoc SEN transport from quality assessed operators, with a transparent cost structure.
  • Provide a mechanism for extending the School Site approach to contracting SEN transport which will allow for less fluctuation in SEN transport budget across the year, provide each school site with a dedicated quality transport operator, and potentially achieve a cost saving on the current spend on transport to these school sites.

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