Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c59-cb9c-71d6-b191-f710d6fb6310/sc20007-travel-optimisation-services closed GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # SC20007 - Travel Optimisation Services [Kent County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/kent-county-council) Estimated value £500,000 Published 19 Jun 2020 Deadline Closed 24 Jul 2020 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This contract will be awarded by Competitive Procedure with Negotiation without further publication of a call for competition and interested economic operators are hereby invited to express their interest and completing the SQ which can be downloaded from the Kent Business Portal. ### Opportunity Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking a single supplier of an Optimising Service to enable it to transform the delivery of home to school travel, with particular - though not exclusive - focus on children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). ### Outcome KCC spends approximately £33m a year providing transport to and from school/college for about 5,000 children and young people with SEND. The number of passengers and costs continue rising and the successful supplier's solution needs to satisfy both the following criteria: • A meaningful and sustainable diminishing cost of provision of this transport, measured on a like-for-like resource reduction: Drivers, Vehicles and Passenger Assistants ### The Selection Questionnaire • Maintaining and where feasible improving service quality, measured by impact on the children and young people expressed through: Passengers, Carers and Schools (e.g. SENCOs) ### Summary requirements The successful supplier will need to demonstrate its track record in using a digital system to cluster SEND passengers into Optimal Travel Groups (OTGs) which may be competitively tendered to passenger transport operators. Required capability shall include: • Scalable to process up to 7,000 SEND passengers • Detailed GDPR-compliant database stored on the Cloud • Live and Archive segmentation • Operable and configurable by KCC and the system supplier • Operations, configuration and design service partnering with KCC to deliver enhanced quality throughout the contractual period • Validated shareability of each passenger in an OTG • Varying OTG size based on SEND behavioural mitigation and social distancing requirements • Production of optimal routing options per OTG, applying timing constraints and route restriction rules • Accommodation of Driver and Passenger Assistant requirements and restrictions • Output Viewer: Production of detailed tables and maps by OTG and by passenger • Long term planning as well as continual updating to accommodate passenger churn To express an interest in this tender opportunity please follow this link [procontract.due-north.com/Advert](https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=38b1e29b-3ca7-ea11-8103-005056b64545&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545) Read full description ## CPV classification Software programming and consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/90d19515-ad53-44e4-8fe2-d86473936509) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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