Decision details
Award of SEN Transport Contracts – January 2019 (Ref 0119)
Decision Maker: Acting Assistant Director for Highways and Transport
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
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.
Contact: Clive Hall, Acting Assistant Director for Highways and Transport Email: cwhall@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260786.
Publication date: 19/02/2019
Date of decision: 04/02/2019
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