Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c12-bf3b-7310-ba25-9d59a9d92709/home-to-school-transport-for-children-with-special-educational-needs closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Home to School Transport for Children with Special Educational Needs [Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council) Estimated value £3,500,000 Published 7 Apr 2017 Deadline Closed 17 May 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender BMBC has a statutory duty to arrange home to school travel arrangements for eligible children with special educational needs to access their education . The requirement is for a regular home to school transport service during school term time both in the Borough of Barnsley and out of the Borough, which include daily, weekly, fortnightly, or termly singly or return journeys.The Service Providers will be required to provide a range of vehicles to deliver the services, from cars to passenger carrying vehicles (vehicles with 6 seats and more). There will be a requirement for a number of vehicles to be fitted with appropriate equipment to enable clients to access/egress the vehicle safely. Vehicle requirement depending on routes will comprise of the following: Saloon - Non-wheelchair - Up to 4 Passenger Seats MPV - Non-wheelchair - Up to 8 Passenger Seats Minibus - Non-wheelchair - Up to 16 Passenger Seats Saloon - Wheelchair - Up to 4 Passenger Seats MPV - Wheelchair - Up to 8 Passenger Seats Minibus - Wheelchair - Up to 16 Passenger Seats Circa 200 pupils to be travel to and from 16 different schools, mainly on a day to day basis. Key date for the commencement of delivery this service is the start of the new academic year September 2017. The requirement is for circa 30 routes which will be awarded on an individual basis. Additional information: Applicants will need to register their interest against this procurement event via YORtender in order to gain access to the tender documents. Applicants must register and submit completed tender documents via [yortender.co.uk](https://www.yortender.co.uk) Once you have completed your registration, please follow the below steps to access the ITT Documents. If you are already registered on YORtender: Ensure you are fully logged into the YORtender. Register your interest by clicking on My Activities, Select Barnsley (LHS of Screen) and press update which is situated RHS bottom of screen. A list of tender events you have registered your interest in will appear. Click on the relevant tender. This will open up the relevant tender. Click on 'start' on the ITT, Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see all the documents to download. Please note you MUST upload all your documents before the tender deadline date - any part loaded responses will not be visible to BMBC if the deadline time and date passes and we cannot accept your submission by another other means than YORtender. Please allow plenty of time to ensure your complete bid is uploaded. All questions relating to this tender must be through the messaging portal on YORtender Read full description ## CPV classification Passenger cars Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8a9b0c5b-0b7a-4989-86a2-87ee5a0ab0dd) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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