Purpose

Approval is being sought to award and enter
into a contract with Swans Travel for 3 years + an option for 2
years extension for the Schools Linking Project (SLP) and the
Outdoor and Environmental Education Service (OEES).

Content

RESOLVED - That to award and enter into a
contract with the preferred bidder (Swans Travel) for the SLP and
OEES based on the scores awarded under the procurement
process.

Reasons for the decision

Option 1 - Not to award a contract to the
highest scoring bidder and to undertake another procurement process
– this would incur further cost and cause potential
disruption to service delivery if we are without a transport
contract in place.

Option 2 - Not to award a contract to the highest scoring bidder,
Swans Travel, and not undertake another procurement process. This
would have even wider reaching implications, such as further costs,
potential disruption to service delivery and unpredictable and
excessive changes to cost that the council might be forced to take
to ensure service continuity and delivery of services laid out
within SLA’s.