Home to Education Bus and Coach Services on the Isle of Wight

***PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO COVID-19 THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE GOING AHEAD. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENTINFORMATION AND QUESTIONNAIRE AVAILABLE SHORTLY VIA THIS PROJECT. IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED AN INTEREST YOU SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE NOTIFICATION WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.***The authority will be holding an 'open' market engagement event for potential providers to attend. The event shall be held at County Hall on the 26th March starting at 13:30 and finishing estimated at 15:30.

The intention of the market engagement event is to gather interest and engage with the market regarding our upcoming tender for home to school transport (bus and coach) services on the Isle of Wight. This is due to be published in April but may be subject to change. Further details will be provided on the day.

To register your interest and willingness to attend the event please send an email to: …@iow.gov.uk by no later than 14:00 on Tuesday 24th March 2020. Spaces at this event may be limited and will therefore be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. To this end we kindly ask that numbers of attendees per organisation be kept to a maximum of three.

It is intended that a market engagement supplier day will be held at County Hall High Street Newport Isle of Wight PO30 1UD. Upon attendance please report to reception and you will be collected shortly.

If you wish to attend the market engagement supplier day, please send an email to: …@iow.gov.uk by no later than 14:00 on Tuesday 24th March 2020. Spaces at this event may be limited and will therefore be offered on a first-come-first-served basis. To this end we kindly ask that numbers of attendees per organisation be kept to a maximum of three. Interested suppliers should also register on the ProContract portal and this can be done via https://procontract.due-north.com/register This process is free and instructions on how to register are on the portal. The portal will be used to conduct the future procurement.

Once you are registered you can to locate the project by searching for reference DN470080. or via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2e2b66c1-2965-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&p=08800155-5442-e511-80ed-000c29c9ba21 . Please note that the Authority will also be holding a Bidders Event during the tender process.