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Welland Procurement Unit

Condition Testing / Inspection of Licensed Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71000000 71600000 71630000
Value£130k
Awarded13 Aug 2015
Published8 Sept 2015
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£130ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Engineering & Architecture band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Borough Council of Wellingborough is obliged to have inspection and testing facilities in place for licensed hackney carriage and private hire vehicles, and it is intended to award a contract for the provision of this service.

The initial contract period will be for two years, with an option to extend this by 12 months at the sole discretion of the Council.

The Council intend to issue contracts for testing and inspection to two separate contractors.

This is intended to offer flexibility to the vehicle owners; and help ensure service standards remain competitive.

It is up to the vehicle owners / drivers which contractor they use.

Bidders must hold a valid and current DVSA certificate and the testing facilities must be situated no further than five (5) miles from the Borough boundary.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This is intended to offer flexibility

This is intended to offer flexibility to the vehicle owners; and help ensure service standards remain competitive.

02

Bidders must hold a valid and current

Bidders must hold a valid and current DVSA certificate and the testing facilities must be situated no further than five (5) miles from the Borough boundary.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DVSAsays mustRegulator registrations
Bidders must hold a valid and current DVSA certificate and the testing facilities must be situated no further than five (5) miles from the Borough boundary.

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