Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-05
Buyer: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34120000: Motor vehicles for transport of persons | 34121000: Buses | 34121500 | 60000000 | 60170000
Estimated value: 35150000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-03-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The provision of passenger transport minibus services is to transport children and young people with special educational needs, who travel to school; and vulnerable adults who travel to day care services. This procurement is comprised of 2 lots. Lot 1 for children's minibus provision and Lot 2 for adult minibus provision. The Council is undertaking the procurement in accordance with the Open Procedure of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015).
Children’s Lot 1 and Adults Lot 2 requirements are detailed in the instructions to tenderer. 2 contracts within children’s Lot 1 and 1 contract within adults Lot 2 will be called-off at the point of appointment to the framework. The requirements and award criteria for these three contracts are in the instructions to tender. The framework will be for a duration of 4 years. The 3 initially available call-off contracts will be for a duration of 5 years, with an option to extend up to a 2 further years at the discretion of the Authority.
Lot 1 children’s involves the provision of Passenger Transport Minibuses for eligible children and young people in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council, in minibus vehicles that are accessible and non-accessible for wheelchairs. Services will require the provision of passenger assistants. Further detail is available in the specification.
The framework will be for a duration of 4 years commencing on or around 1.8.2019. The 2 initially available Lot 1 children’s call-off contracts will commence on or around 3.9.2019 and will be for a duration of 5 years, with an option to extend up to a 2 further years at the absolute discretion of the Authority.
All tenderers bidding to be appointed on to children’s Lot 1 of the passenger transport minibus framework must pass the minimum requirements set out in the instruction to tender documentation, and will be evaluated against the following criteria:
2 call-off contracts within children's Lot 1 will be awarded at the point of appointment to the framework. The criteria for this will be the tenderer scoring the highest combined quality and price score against the following criteria:
Further detail regarding the requirements and award criteria for the appointment to the framework, and the award of contracts are detailed in the instructions to tender documentation.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council are jointly procuring the Passenger Transport Framework Agreement. RBKC and WCC may both call-off contracts.
Lot 2 Adult’s involves the provision of passenger transport minibuses for eligible vulnerable adults in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council, in minibus vehicles that are accessible and non-accessible for wheelchairs. Services will require the provision of passenger assistants. Further detail is available in the specification.
The framework will be for a duration of 4 years commencing on or around 1.8.2019. There will be one initially available Lot 2 adult’s call-off contract which will commence on or around 1.8.2019 and will be for a duration of 5 years, with an option to extend up to a 2 further years at the absolute discretion of the Authority.
All tenderers bidding to be appointed on to adult’s Lot 2 of the passenger transport minibus framework must pass the minimum requirements set out in the instruction to tender documentation, and will be evaluated against the following criteria:
The call-off contract within adult’s Lot 1 will be awarded at the point of appointment to the framework. The criteria for this will be the Tenderer scoring the highest combined quality and price score against the following criteria:
Further detail regarding the requirements and award criteria for the appointment to the framework, and the award of Contracts are detailed in the instructions to tender documentation.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City Council are jointly procuring the Passenger Transport Framework Agreement. RBKC and WCC may both call-off contracts.
The Council believes that the requirements of Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply. The successful contractor for Contract 1A within Lot 1 and Contract 2A within Lot 2 will be required to obtain a Pensions bond for ex-Council staff who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The successful Contractor(s) will also be required to provide a suitable pensions scheme as detailed in the instructions to tender document.


Award value: 35150000