Provision of Taxi and Private Vehicle Hire

Descriptions

The council invites tender bids for the provision of taxi and private vehicle hire services for the purposes of transporting employees, clients/customers and delivery of ready-made meal prepared by council staff.The main objective for this procurement exercise is suppliers to deliver a robust and reliable service aligned to the council’s objectives and maintaining the high standards required at all times. Time management is an imperative element of this agreement of which drivers must arrive on the schedule times as dictated by the council representative.Given the criticality of vulnerable children and adults, suppliers must give priority to such bookings.Procurement has been split into the following three lots:— lot 1: standing order work, scheduled (pre-planned),— lot 2: ad hoc work, non-scheduled,— lot 3: meal delivery work, both scheduled and non-scheduled.Bidders must be able to adhere to the scope of requirements as detailed in document one - invitation to tender.All drivers’ for lots 1 and 2 must have valid enhanced disclosure clearance of which the council requires “Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme” membership. This is required for all drivers who are conducting regulated work on behalf of the council in accordance with the terms of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of the PVG (Scotland) Act 2007. Bidders at the award stage have been asked to confirm that all drivers who will be providing a service under this agreement for lots 1 and 2 shall have PVG scheme membership. Only those bidders who confirm that drivers will have PVG scheme membership at the framework start date, will proceed to the next stage of procurement process.The estimated annual value of this framework agreement shall be GBP 7.5 000 000.