ITT for School to College Bus Transport

The Supplier must be the holder of a current relevant Public Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator's Licence. The Supplier shall produce the licence for inspection when required to do so by the Purchaser.

All drivers shall be in possession of a valid Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) Driver’s Licence for the type of Public Service Vehicles (PSV) vehicle being driven.

It is the Supplier’s legal duty to ensure that drivers employed by the Supplier engaged in the delivery of education transport contracts must be appropriately vetted.

Drivers will require to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme for those working with children under and been approved by the Purchaser. The Supplier will be expected to ensure that any drivers providing the Service submit the appropriate application to form to Disclosure Scotland within 7 days of appointment to the contract.

The Council will utilise Equifax Score check to assess the Economic and financial standing of organisations bidding for contracts. Tenderers (including all participants in a group) are required to have a Score check Score of 35 or above in order to demonstrate their financial strength and stability.

It is recommended that Tenderers review their own Score check score in advance of submitting a Tender Submission. Where the Tenderer does not have a Score check score, or where the Tenderer does not consider that the Score check score reflects their current financial status; the Tenderer may give an explanation within the Tender Submission, together with any relevant supporting alternative evidence which demonstrates its financial strength/stability.

Where the Tenderer is under no obligation to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Score check score, they must provide their audited financial accounts for the previous 2 years as part of their SPD Submission in order that the Council may assess these to determine the suitability of the Tenderer to undertake a contract of this size.

As an alternative to the above requirement but only for bidders who started trading less than 3 years prior to the return date for the Tender response set out below, those bidders must demonstrate adequate financial capacity for the Contract by the following evidence: A business plan for a minimum 3-year trading period setting out projected annual average turnover; audited or unaudited (if the co…

The Supplier must be the holder of a current relevant Public Service Vehicle (PSV) Operator's Licence.  The Supplier shall produce the licence for inspection when required to do so by the Purchaser.