Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Passenger Assistants for transporting of vulnerable children and adults. (CAFS/2023/88*)
Authority: Stoke on Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionStoke on Trent City Council wish to appoint eligible provides to the framework for the provision of Specialist Passenger Assistants (SPA) for service users who have transport provided by the council. Please note this is for the SPA only and not the transport, the transport will be procured using our current DPS.
Passenger Assistants are usually provided by the transport operator, but children who may have complex needs could be eligible for additional support from a Specialist Passenger Assistant who are trained to a specific level to meet Health and/or complex needs.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 6 bids received · 5 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1BehaviourCancelled
Behaviour Needs. Additional information: Stoke on Trent City Council wish to appoint eligible provides to the framework for the provision of Specialist Passenger Assistants (SPA) for service users who have transport provided by the council. Please note this is for the SPA only and not the transport, the transport will be procured using our current DPS.
Passenger Assistants are usually provided by the transport operator, but children who may have complex needs could be eligible for additional support from a Specialist Passenger Assistant who are trained to a specific level to meet Health and/or complex needs.
Lot #2MedicalCancelled
Medical Needs
Lot #3Behaviour & MedicalCancelled
Medical and Behaviour Needs
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price Only: 0
- Price: 100
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Specialist Passenger Assistants for transporting of vulnerable…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Apr 2023, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2023, 12:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN666574- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021097- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c4c0Find a Tender
Publisher note: 5 providers awarded to 3 lots.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 1440 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 Jun 2023 → 21 Jul 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published21 Jul 2023, 12:15 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Jul 2023, 12:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Specialist Passenger Assistants for transporting of vulnerable children and adults. (CAFS/2023/88*)
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2023
- Value
- £960,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Care a Lot LtdFramework contractor
- Edens Care LTDFramework contractor
- Exceptional Support ServicesFramework contractor
- Helping Angels LtdFramework contractor
- Maxlife Care LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.