Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Tender description

West Lothian Council are inviting bidders to tender for a multi supplier framework agreement for the provision of large school bus passenger transport services: transport services using vehicles with a capacity of 17 passenger seats or more with driver. The framework will be divided into 2 Lots and interests parties can bid for 1 or both Lots. LOT 1 is for the provision of i) home to catchment school transport and ii) School Campus Transport; a small number of contracts during school hours, transporting pupils from school to school/college and return journey back to the original point of collection during school hours. LOT 2 is for the provision of ad-hoc individual school transport requirements including but not limited to transport for classroom field trips, sports fixtures, visits to the theatre, museums, Christmas Panto and Summer School camps. These requirements will include travelling to various locations in Scotland and possibly further afield and will not be restricted to West Lothian only. West Lothian Council is committed to maximising Community Benefits from its procurement activities. Under this procurement, the contractor, and its supply chain, will be required to support the authority's economic and social regeneration objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social, economic and environmental considerations. Note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required. To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code project 5750, itt 12118 under ITTs Open to All Suppliers. Please use the Search/Filter function, then select Project Code from the drop-down. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the ITT it will move to your My ITTs area. For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide.pdf If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.