The decision has been taken to:

1. Award SEN & PRU school transport contracts as detailed in the table below.

Contract Supplier School Annual Value Bids Term
BF192P CM Davies Brookfield £266 4 1 Year
AR697P Blue Line Taxis Arrow Group £3,577 2 1 Year
BF193P High Town Taxis Brookfield £4,829 4 1 Year
GC191S Simon's Taxis Gloucester College £5,280 4 1 Year
OV191S Blue Line Taxis Overton £9,375 4 1 Year
BF194P Blue Line Taxis Brookfield £3,630 2 1 Year
CAM191P Blue Line Taxis Cambian £14,520 2 1 Year
HLC191S Blue Line Taxis Hereford & Ludlow College £4,125 4 1 Year


2. Award mainstream school transport contracts as detailed in the table below:

Contract Supplier School Annual Value Bids Term
1KHS1 CM Davies John Kyrle £15,741 5 1
DM19M Simon's Taxis Dene Magna £9,240 4 2
DYS19 Blue Line Taxis Dyson Perrins £10,560 3 5
WCS03 Blue Line Taxis Whitecross £9,108 2 1

Tendering of these contracts has been carried out as part of a school transport network review to accommodate new intake for the 2019/20 academic year. In addition to these new contracts being awarded a number of existing contracts have expired or been terminated, the net financial effect being:

• An increase in SEN transport costs of £16,893 in the current financial year.
• A reduction in mainstream transport costs of £3,127 in the current financial year