The decision has been taken to:

1. Award SEN Transport contract numbers BM964S, BF934S, LON781S, BM781S and JG482S as follows:

Contract BM964S – Blackmarston School. Awarded to Blue Line Taxis for a 6 month term commencing 28th January 2019 at a total value of £17,440. 1 Compliant bid was received. This is an additional contract required to provide statutory transport for an SEN student who is unable to use shared transport.

Contract BF934S – Brookfield School. Awarded to Blue Line Taxis for a 3 month term commencing 14th January 2019 at a total value of £2,028. 2 Compliant bids were received. This contract replaces contract a Brookfield School operated service.

Contract LON781S – Brookfield School. Awarded to CM Davies for a 6 week term commencing 9th January 2019 at a total value of £838. 2 Compliant bids were received. This is an additional contract required to provide statutory transport for an SEN student.

Contract BM781S – Blackmarston School. Awarded to Blue Line Taxis for a 6 month term commencing 14th January 2019 at a total value of £3,051 1 Compliant bid was received. This is an additional contract required to provide statutory transport for an SEN student who is accessing a reduced timetable.

Contract JG482S – Joys Green School. Awarded to Blue Line Taxis for a 6 month term commencing 21st January 2019 at a total value of £6,180. 1 Compliant bid was received. This is an additional contract required to provide statutory transport for an SEN student who is attending a school not currently served by SEN transport.

The net effect of tendering these contracts is an increase in SEN transport contracting costs of £21,951 in the current financial year.