Planning

Provision of Home to School Transport Services

  • The Borough Council of Calderdale

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-006744

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a4f6

Published 8 March 2023, 12:54pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Borough Council of Calderdale

Town Hall, Crossley Street

Halifax

HX1 1UJ

Contact

Shirley Pearson

Email

shirley.pearson@calderdale.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees

National registration number

184 3147 61

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/103251

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=62057&B=UK

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Home to School Transport Services

Reference number

YORtender ID 68073

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 60120000 - Taxi services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Borough Council of Calderdale (“the Council”) intends to procure a Framework Agreement for the provision of home to school transport services. The Council has a statutory duty to provide transport assistance to those individuals who are eligible to receive such assistance under current policies and legislation. Service users requiring transport provision include children, young people and adults with special educational needs/disabilities travelling from home to school, college or day centre within Calderdale. Some service users may have physical, behavioural, emotional or learning difficulties/disabilities.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
  • 60100000 - Road transport services
  • 60112000 - Public road transport services
  • 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
  • 60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Borough Council of Calderdale (“the Council”) intends to procure a Framework Agreement for the provision of home to school transport services. The Council has a statutory duty to provide transport assistance to those individuals who are eligible to receive such assistance under current policies and legislation. Service users requiring transport provision include children, young people and adults with special educational needs/disabilities travelling from home to school, college or day centre within Calderdale. Some service users may have physical, behavioural, emotional or learning difficulties/disabilities.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

10 April 2023


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-004281


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

It is anticipated that the Framework Agreement will be established for a term of 4 years and will allow the Council to award work, depending on the circumstances, by way of direct award and through reopening of competition amongst providers which are party to the Framework Agreement (i.e. by way of a mini-competition). The Council does not currently anticipate that there will be a limit to the number of providers who can be appointed to the Framework Agreement.

A Tenderers’ Information Event (“the Event”) will take place ahead of the Tender opportunity being published. This will be held in-person on Council premises in Committee Room B of the Town Hall in Halifax on 24/03/23 from 10:00 - 12:00 (providers will also be able to attend virtually via MS Teams). In order to attend the Event, providers are asked to confirm their intention to attend either by messaging the Council via the YORtender advert linked below (YORtender ID 68073) or by emailing Shirley Pearson on shirley.pearson@calderdale.gov.uk no later than 17:00 on 17/03/23. Attending the Event is not a condition of Tender, however interested providers are strongly encouraged to do so.

A separate Contract Notice will subsequently be issued and interested providers will be able to Tender for the opportunity in response to this. In the meantime, queries and requests for clarification can be submitted to the Council by providers by sending a message via the YORtender advert referred to above.