Provision of Taxi Services re The Beacon Centre, Arbroath

Tender description

This exercise is not to undertake a procurement as such. Rather the aim is to create a list of providers whom The Beacon Centre in Arbroath can approach for the provision of Taxi services, as and when required. Lot 1: The Beacon is Angus’ new Community Wellbeing Centre (CWC) providing kind and caring support for anyone 16 years and over experiencing emotional distress, their families, friends, and carers. The Beacon is located at Kirk Square, Arbroath and is open 12 noon to 12 midnight, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The Beacon staff may be required to provide transport to people who are unable to make their own way to and from The Beacon as well as possible transport to the Carseview Centre, Dundee for further assessment (if required). As this is a brand-new service to Angus, we do not know demand will be however we do not anticipate that this will be a frequent service request as our transport pathway will encourage people to utilise their own/family or friends and public transport but where these options are not available, we would then arrange taxi transport. Interested Taxi drivers would be given some basic mental health and suicide prevention training. You must hold a current applicable licence, ability to provide the provision during the opening times of 12 noon and 12 midnight, 7 days a week. We would like to ensure we have the option of wheelchair accessible taxi’s. Contact would be made directly from The Beacon staff to the relevant provider and payment made by the Council via an invoice process. processes.