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Published 7 Oct 2021, 12:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Helens Borough Council Home to School Transport Services

Official notice

Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£5,085,508published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 Nov 2021awarded 22 Dec 2021
Awarded to AUTO TRAVEL +7 more

What is being bought

Published requirement description

St Helens Council are inviting suitably experienced transport operators to tender for journey routes to convey clientele from home to school and various centres/ locations inside and outside the Borough using hired transport. All Applicants who wish to apply for consideration and inclusion for this contact must hold a St Helens Council contract driver badge issued by the Licensing department.

CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Rate/Availability: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Rate/Availability: 100
What this means for your bid
  • 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.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
7 Oct 2021, 12:24 BST
Last source update
10 Jan 2022, 12:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
5 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN574661
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000616
Classification (CPV)
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e936 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
5 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Nov 2021 → 10 Jan 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    5 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    10 Jan 2022, 12:26 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Jan 2022, 12:26 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,085,5081 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1616 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AUTO TRAVELSME, Al Taxis LtdSME, Ashtons Mini TravelSME, Brady's Mini Bus TravelSME, Britannia Radio Cars LtdSME, KNOWSLEY TRAVELSME +10 morejoint award£5,085,508 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad16——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St.Helens Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Town Hall, Victoria Square, St Helens, UK, WA10 1HPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • St Helens Borough CouncilReview body St Helens

Bidders & participating suppliers

16 commercial parties on the notice
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Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.