Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Tender description

Sustainable Travel is defined as techniques for influencing people's travel behaviour towards more sustainable options including: — Providing people with better information about their travel options; — Actively marketing sustainable travel options; — Making improvements to transport services to meet people's needs; — Providing options that reduce the need to travel at all. This framework is divided into 2 lots: It is WMCA's intention to make the framework available to other local authorities in the UK. Please see the Individual Lot Descriptions at 11.2.4 for more details. As this is a Framework Agreement it is not known at this stage what the aggregate value of spend will be across the various Lots. The figure given below is an estimate of WMCA spend over 4 years for tendering purposes only, please note that WMCA cannot be held to this figure. It is expected that the Service Provider will source, deliver and manage all elements of an organisations cycling provision with the aim to increase cycling activity. Participants will come from primary and secondary schools and parents with a wide range of services provided for all cycling abilities. The following district partners will assist WMCA with tender evaluations and have expressed an interest in calling off from the framework: Birmingham City Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. It is WMCA's intention to make the framework available to other local authorities in the UK. This will consist of the following (but not limited to): — all county councils, borough and district councils and unitary authorities throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales — all those bodies listed in Statutory Instrument 2014/2234 — The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2014, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2234/schedule/made including future bodies as well as bodies being established as a result of re-organisations, and any subsequent order(s) should the 2014 Orders be collectively or individually repealed. For the avoidance of doubt, this shall include, but not be limited to, all local authorities and all Integrated Transport Authorities including those not listed in the 2014 Orders but who are members of the Urban Transport Group as currently listed under http://www.urbantransportgroup.org/about-us/our-members and any updated lists. — public transport providers in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK registered with Vehicle and Operator Service Agency. Private entities/companies that are not bound by public procurement regulation, and that are not classed as ‘contracting authorities’ under the PCR 2015 may also access this framework if required. The successful providers are to provide a range of Road Safety Education, Training and Publicity activities to reduce Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) cases and increase modal share of active travel choices. The following district partners will assist WMCA with tender evaluations and have expressed an interest in calling off from the framework: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, City of Wolverhampton, Birmingham City Council. It is WMCA's intention to make the framework available to other local authorities in the UK. This will consist of the following (but not limited to): — all county councils, borough and district councils and unitary authorities throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. — all those bodies listed in Statutory Instrument 2014/2234 — The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2014, http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2234/schedule/made including future bodies as well as bodies being established as a result of re-organisations, and any subsequent order(s) should the 2014 Orders be collectively or individually repealed. For the avoidance of doubt, this shall include, but not be limited to, all local authorities and all Integrated Transport Authorities including those not listed in the 2014 Orders but who are members of the Urban Transport Group as currently listed under http://www.urbantransportgroup.org/about-us/our-members and any updated lists. — public transport providers in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK registered with Vehicle and Operator Service Agency. Private entities/companies that are not bound by public procurement regulation, and that are not classed as ‘contracting authorities’ under the PCR 2015 may also access this framework if required.