Provision of Transport for Harper and Keele Veterinary School 2022/23 to 2024/2025 Academic Years

Concepts

• keele vet school
• newcastle
• buses and coaches
• academic years
• passenger transport vehicles
• provision of transport for harper and keele veterinary school
• keele veterinary school
• keele vet school students
• joint veterinary
• keele university

Location

West Midlands England:

Description

Harper Adams University and Keele University have established a Joint Veterinary ("Vet") School with the cohort of students split between the Harper and Keele campuses. In order to allow Harper and Keele Vet School students to attend joint lectures and other joint teaching, a competent and reliable Service Provider is required to provide transport for students between the two University campuses. Tenders are therefore invited from interested parties for the Provision of Transport for Harper and Keele Vet School for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 Academic Years in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the ITT. The Contract covers the transport requirements for the 1st year students ("Year 1 Students"), 2nd year students ("Year 2 Students") and 3rd year students ("Year 3 Students").

Total Quantity or Scope

The main reason not to sub-divide this into lots, given the need for one Service Provider to co-ordinate the delivery of all of the services required. The transport of Year 1 Students, Year 2 Students and Year 3 Students for the Academic Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 for Harper and Keele Vet School students to attend joint lectures and other joint teaching across the two sites. The contract will commence Academic Year 2022/2023 starting on 3rd October 2022 and ending Academic Year 2024/2025 ending 23rd May 2025 for transport requirements.

Renewal Options

Dependent on the performance of a 3 -year contract, renewal for a further 3-year contract.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver
• 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Tenderer shall bear all costs incurred by it in connection with the preparation and submission of any response in connection with this procurement and to bear any further costs incurred by the Tenderer prior to Contract award. The tender will remain valid and open for acceptance for a minimum period of 3 months from the Tender Deadline. This period may be extended with the mutual agreement of both Keele University and the Tenderer. All tenderers are required to answer a number of Suitability Assessment Questions to enable Keele University to assess whether they meet minimum standards of suitability, capability and financial standing. Keele University has utilised extracts from the governments Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) to capture the information required. Keele University will undertake a Creditsafe credit report in respect of the Tenderer. Tenderers may be excluded from the process where their Creditsafe Credit Rating is 29 out of 100 or below.