Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-07-11
Buyer: London Borough of Bromley
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60130000 | 60170000
Estimated value: 4706000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In April 2015 the London Borough of Bromley (‘the Council’) awarded a framework agreement for the provision of Special Educational Needs Transport and Non-SEN Children's Transport Services. In order to increase capacity for this service the Council is looking to invite new service providers to tender for this service on a separate framework agreement that will run parallel to the existing framework.
Please note that this is an Award Notice and we are not inviting any further expressions of interest.
The Council has a statutory duty to make free home — School travel arrangements for eligible children to access their education, both SEN (Special Educational Needs) and non-SEN children. There are currently 252 routes which transport 818 pupils. Within the service, there are currently 219 listed locations that service users may access and the peak operating times are term-time from 7:00 to 9:00 and 15:00 to 16:30.
The initial framework agreement was tendered and awarded as Lot 1 in Contract Notice 2014/S 194-343090 and subsequent Award Notice 2015/S 102-186156.
Evaluation of the tender was based on the CIPFA standing guide to the commissioning of local authority work and services tender evaluation model and in full compliance with EU Directives, the Council's Contract Procedure Rules and in accordance with the stated criteria. The Council is part of the South East London Procurement Group (comprising the London Boroughs of Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham, Greenwich, Lambeth and Southwark) and in appropriate circumstances and in compliance with any legal and regulatory requirement may offer services through this contract to members of this organisation who may have similar usage volumes. The Council may make use of the contract for further negotiated arrangements to the extent permissible and in compliance with the relevant Procurement Regulations.
Complaints during the procurement process are conducted under the Official Journal for the European Union (OJEU) in line with the Public Contracts Regulations (2015). Our processes are conducted in a fair, open and transparent manner. We are committed to developing constructive relationships with suppliers and are keen to generate maximum competition in all of our procurements to deliver best value and sustainable cost savings for the taxpayer. The outcome of the evaluation process is totally dependent on the competitive strength of the individual bid submissions, regardless of the bidder's size or place on existing / previous arrangements. We are committed to treating all suppliers fairly and all feedback and complaints are given full and fair consideration. If at any stage we believe that a mistake has been made by us, please be assured that we will rectify it to the extent that we can legally do so. In order to complain you must first be registered on the eSourcing tool for the relevant procurement event. All complaints must be raised via the eSourcing tool messaging facility. If you are still unsatisfied at the outcome of a procurement competition and wish to challenge it, then you should issue legal proceedings under Part 3 chapter 6 (Applications to the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and serve them on the Government Legal Department in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules Part 66 (Crown Proceedings) and its associated Practice Direction. Please note that service by email is subject to prior agreement with the Head of Litigation at the Government Legal Department Solicitor's Department and is not routinely given.


Winner: HML Circuit Ltd
Award value: 4706000
Number of bids: 8