Provision for a Dynamic Purchasing System for Passenger Transport Services
Northumberland County Council, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust (from this point onwards the latter will be referred to as “Authority” or “Contracting Authority”) organises and funds transport for a wide range of passengers travelling from and within Northumberland. Actual delivery of the service is undertaken by a broad range of suppliers, from sole-trader taxi operators through to minibus, coach and bus operators who bid for the work as and when tender o...
Buyer
Northumberland County Council
Value
Not provided
Published
28 Feb 2024
Closes
18 Jun 2024
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Northumberland
Procurement method
Selective
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
60000000
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lots
Lot 1 Transport for Social Services Passengers including Children Excluded from Mainstream Education.
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There are 3 elements to this lot: Transport for vulnerable adults attending day centres, care homes and horticultural units, the main features of which are: 1. Adults ranging from 18 years upwards to pensionable age 2. Often necessitating the deployment of a passenger assistant who, along with the driver, will be required to attend any training programme spe...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 2 Transport for Children attending Mainstream Schools/Further Education Colleges
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There are 2 elements to this lot: Transport for children attending mainstream schools, the main features of which are: 1. Transport is provided for children from 4 to 16 years of age 2. Arrival times at mainstream schools are usually around 0900hrs and departure times around 1530hrs. 3. The vast majority of journeys are within Northumberland though there are...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 3 Transport for Children attending Special Schools/Colleges
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1. Transport is arranged for children who range in age from 4 years to 18yrs. 2. Transport is organised for children who have a range of special needs ranging from moderate to severe learning difficulties, behavioural & emotional difficulties. 3. Deployment of a passenger transport assistant is required for the vast majority of children 4. Depending on the p...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 4 Provision of Local Bus Services
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1. The Council has the power to review changes to local bus services and to consider whether gaps in services should be met by subsiding additional services beyond what the commercial network provides. 2. Such supported services may range from diverting or extending individual journeys to supporting a full route and timetable. 3. Vehicles must meet all acces...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 5 Provision of Demand Responsive Services
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1. Where demand for a conventional bus service is limited the Council may consider it justifiable to fund what it considers socially necessary services . 2. Community transport operators will operate with either S19 or S22 licensed minibus permit. 3. In Northumberland a S19 minibus (up to 16 passenger seats) permit is used by community transport operators to...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 6 Provision of NHS Transport Northumbria and North Tyneside
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (the ‘Trust’) is geographically one of the largest Trusts in the country and one of the largest healthcare employers in the North East, with over 8,000 staff working in 11 hospitals throughout Northumberland and North Tyneside. The Trust serves a population of half a million people. The Trust manages three general...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Lot 7 Provision of NHS Transport North Cumbria
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The Trust provides acute hospital services across North Cumbria. The main hospitals are the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. All the main specialties are available on both sites. The Trust also offers outpatient and maternity services at other community locations, including Brampton, Haltwhistle, Alston, Penrith, K...
Delivery: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
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