Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Tender description

The Commissioners, Durham County Council were seeking to appoint provider(s) to provide a safe and efficient volunteer driver transport services across 2 Lots. Lot 1 (Social Care) will be subject to immediate award and Lot 2 is a Development Lot which has been designed to accommodate the Council's requirements for any new areas of Volunteer Driver provision which do not fall under the remit of Lots 1, 2 and 3. The aim of Lot 1 is to provide safe and efficient volunteer driver transport services for use by Durham County Council for Children and Young People Service and Adult Social Care Services, delivered by Volunteer Drivers and supported where necessary by the use of Approved Taxi Companies. The Council required a single provider. The required provision includes, but is not limited to, Looked After Children; Children and Young people to short break provision; socially isolated families to Children's centres; parents families to venues; Adult Social Care teams including day care. Lot 2 has been designed to accommodate the Commissioners requirements for any new areas of Volunteer Driver provision which do not fall under the remit of Lots 1 and 3. Lot 2 has been termed a Development Lot for Future Volunteer Driver Requirements as the Commissioners wish to not only fulfil and grow existing areas of provision but also explore new opportunities within transport provision which could be accommodated by Volunteers. This Lot creates an opportunity to not only enhance future volunteer driver provision but also the social value benefits that this brings for the drivers, the services users and indeed the community as a whole. Appointment of sole provider for Lot 3 — to provide a chargeable door to door volunteer driver transport service for those who are not reasonably able to travel to or from the location of care/treatment using another method of transport.