WP3279m Route Contracts Mini Competition January 2025 - AWARD

1.1 The Council wishes to procure various Route Contracts for the Provision of Home to

School Passenger Transport Services for children with special educational needs.

1.2 There are 17 (seventeen) Route Contracts (please see Appendix A for a list of Route

details).

1.3 Each Contract is for the undertaking of a single transport route to and from a school

or other specified premises (the "Premises"). This type of call-of contract is called a

"Route Contract" in the Framework Agreement between the Council and the Bidder

and will typically involve the deployment of a single vehicle to undertake a single route

to and from the Premises to transport SEN pupils.

1.4 The commencement date for the Routes Contracts is 1st January 2025, for an initial

24-month period. From 1st January 2027 there will be an option to extend each Route

Contract by up to 12-months.

1.5 This Mini Competition has been issued via the Council's e-procurement portal, in-tend

under the Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) in connection with

a competitive procurement. This procurement exercise is to be conducted in

accordance with the Council's Contract Rules and the Public Contracts Regulations

2015. The purpose of the Mini Competition is to invite you to make a submission for

the Contract/s and for no other purpose.