F2014.09.569 - Freedom of Information Request - RFQ's- Home to School Solution 2014 And

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F2014.09.569 - Freedom of Information request - RFQ'S- Home To School Solution 2014 and Previous RFQ's

1.Please supply all documentation relating to this RFQ and its placement on the Chest. RESPONSE Please find documentation attached.

HTSTHSection 7 HTSTHSection 6 FOI HTSTHSection 5 VAT HTSTHSection 4 HTSTHSection 3 FOI HTSTHSection 2 checklist RFQ.doc statement RFQ.doc registration RFQ.doc Schedules for completioninstructions RFQ.doc RFQ.doc Instructions to suppliers RFQ.doc

HTSTHSection 1 Executive summary RFQ.doc

2. When was this RFQ placed on the Chest and when was the closing date for respon ses? RESPONSE The RFQ was published on the e-tendering portal The Chest 17:35 11/7/14 and the closing date was 09:30 23/7/14

3. Please supply the names of all 16 Organisations that the RFQ's were sent to. RESPONSE The RFQ was sent to the following organisations: All Black Cabs Blue Line Coaches and Taxis Cable Cars Ltd Fleetcar Ltd Huyton Travel Ltd J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood J.Maguire Travel Ltd J . Maguire Travel Ltd Knowsley Community Transport Knowsley Travel Martins Travel May Gurney Fleet and Passenger Services Ltd Radcliffe Taxis Royalls Travel Sprint Travel Your Travel Borough Wide 4. Please supply the total agreed Price Increase that this Contractor received as a result of the overcharging incident RESPONSE Variations to costs charged by the contractor may reflect changes in volume of pupil numbers or routes on a daily basis. Therefore it is not possible to supply this information.

5. a) How did the overcharging incident come to light? RESPONSE The Council’s internal contract monitoring arrangements identified this matter when the first invoice was received.

b) Was a complaint received by the Authority? RESPONSE A whistleblowing allegation has been received by the Council on this issue and is currently being investigated.

6. Please supply any Internal Audit Reports that formed part of this investigation or pr ocess. RESPONSE A whistleblowing allegation has been received by the Council on this issue and is currently being investigated.

7. In Section 4.3 please provide the names of the Council Officers and the Council’s Procurement Manager who evaluated the responses. RESPONSE The responses were evaluated by the Council’s Inclusion Service Manager and the Lead Education Officer SEN-Inclusion. The Council’s Procurement Manager does not evaluate responses.

8. Please provide details of all previous RFQ's that have been placed for Home To Sc hool, Ad Hoc Taxi or Adult Social Care for the last 5 years. Please provide: a. title/ name / number of RFQ, b. the value of each RFQ c. the names of the organisations that were invited for each RFQ d.the winning Respondent for each RFQ e. the method by which each RFQ was advertised

8. a) c) d) and e) RESPONSE Details of the RFQs that have been placed in relation Home To School, Ad Hoc Taxi or Adult Social Care are as follows:

NWCE-8P2PY8 Home to School Phoenix Centre issued via The Chest to: All Black Cabs, Huyton Travel Ltd, J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood, Radcliffe Taxis and Your Travel Borough Wide. Winning company was Radcliffe Taxis.

NWCE-8MUC8THome to School Northwood issued via The Chest to: All Black Cabs, Huyton Travel Ltd, J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood, Radcliffe Taxis and Your Travel Borough Wide. Winning company was Radcliffe Taxis.

NWCE-8MU3N5 Home to School Highfield issued via The Chest to: All Black Cabs, Huyton Travel Ltd, J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood, Radcliffe Taxis and Your Travel Borough Wide. Winning company was J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood.

NWCE-8MUDAK Home to School Yew Tree issued via The Chest to: All Black Cabs, Huyton Travel Ltd, J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood, Radcliffe Taxis and Your Travel Borough Wide. Winning company was J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood.

NWCE-8JCMWN Transport Provision for LEAP Activity Schemes issued via The Chest to: J Bradley T/A Alpha Cars Halewood, Radcliffe Taxis, Huyton Travel Ltd and Your Travel Borough Wide. Lot 1 awarded to Huyton Travel Ltd and Lot 2 awarded to Radcliffe Taxis.

NWCE-8KCPVG Transport Provision for Pupils of Knowsley Park Centre for Learning from Whiston issued August 2011 via The Chest as an Open RFQ. Winning company was Merseypride Travel

9MSG-U3H021 Transport Provision for Pupils of Knowsley Park Centre for Learning from Roby and Whiston and Page Moss and Stockbridge Village issued August 2014 via The Chest to:, Cannon BBT, Furlongs Travel, GHA Coaches Ltd, Huyton Travel, Martins Travel and Selwyns Travel Ltd. Winning company was Ashcroft Travel.

8b. the value of each RFQ RESPONSE The RFQ is a request for a quotation therefore the Council does not attach a value to them.