Hire of Passenger Transport Vehicles with Driver

<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) seek tenders for creation of a Passenger Transport Framework for home to school transport requirements</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">, and for use by all BCP service users and employees<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">This contract has been divided into lots which are: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">• Lot 1 - Minibuses with 9 - 16 Passenger Seats </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">• Lot 2 - Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles or Social Cars for up to 8 Passenger Seats </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">• Lot 3 - Ad Hoc Provision of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles up to 8 Passenger Seats </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">For Lot 1 &amp; Lot 2, all suppliers who meet the Council’s selection criteria, as set out in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be awarded a place on the Framework. All required routes will be awarded following completion of further competition procedures. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">For Lot 3, Bidders will be ranked in order of lowest price with the top 5 ranked bidders being awarded a position on the Framework. Ad hoc bookings under Lot 3 will be made to the bidder ranked 1st, dependant on availability. If the bidder ranked 1st is unavailable, then the booking will be made to the bidder ranked 2nd. If the bidder ranked 2nd is unavailable, the booking will be made to the bidder ranked 3rd, and so on Bidders can tender for a single lot or multiple lots.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The deadline for submitting your response to this contract opportunity is Wednesday 12 April 2023 at 14:00.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Bidders interested in this opportunity should click on the ‘Register interest in this opportunity’ button in the top right of the screen. If you are not already logged into the system, you will be required to log in before you can ‘Register interest in this opportunity’. New users to the system must register first to obtain a user name and password before returning to this opportunity. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Once bidders have registered their interest they can access the full tender documentation automatically from ‘My Activities’ on the home page. There is a guide for using the Supplying the South West system within the attachments section of this advert. Please follow the guide from page 24 on ‘How to Access Tender Documents through Supplying the South West’ within the attachments section to the right which provides a step-by-step screen shot of how to access the tender documents.</span></p>
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