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The Borough Council of Bolton

TC016 - Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Vehicle Testing 2021

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000
Value£340k
Deadline26 Jul 2021
Published25 Jun 2021
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 25 Jun 2021ClosedCloses 26 Jul 2021
Who to contact
Mr Irfan Oomer
irfan.oomer@bolton.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£340ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

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The brief

The Borough Council of Bolton (“the Authority”) is prepared to receive tenders for Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Vehicle (HCV/PHV) Testing which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.

This procurement exercise is being run as an Open Invitation to Tender (ITT) and the Authority will appoint six DVSA Accredited Contractors (the “Providers”) to carry out the HCV/ PHV tests on the Framework Agreement.

The proprietors of the vehicles (the “Vehicle Proprietor”), shall make the decision as to which approved test station they wish to go to.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The proprietors of the vehicles (the “Vehicle

The proprietors of the vehicles (the “Vehicle Proprietor”), shall make the decision as to which approved test station they wish to go to.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DVSARegulator registrations
This procurement exercise is being run as an Open Invitation to Tender (ITT) and the Authority will appoint six DVSA Accredited Contractors (the “Providers”) to carry out the HCV/ PHV tests on the Framework Agreement.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
This procurement exercise is being run as an Open Invitation to Tender (ITT) and the Authority will appoint six DVSA Accredited Contractors (the “Providers”) to carry out the HCV/ PHV tests on the Framework Agreement.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c04a
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
014551-2021
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