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

***UPDATED INFORMATION***The Isle of Wight Council has a statutory duty to provide transport assistance between home and school for eligible children following an assessment of each child's ability to meet the criteria as detailed in the Home to School Transport policy. The Home to School Bus and Coach Services on the Isle of Wight (Mainstream and SEN) are due to be tendered and the new Contract(s) will commence from September 2020. The Isle of Wight Council is engaging with potential suppliers for Home to School Transport to inform our planned procurement which is due in April 2020. The purpose of this market engagement is to: • Gauge interest in this opportunity • Help determine our procurement strategy and approach • Identify innovative ideas that can improve our local provision • Identify options to make the service more sustainable • Inform the development of our service specification If you would like to respond to this, please register your interest and download the Market Engagement Supplier Information and Questionnaire. Please note the deadline below for any responses. Closing date for responses: 14:00hours on 10/04/2020

Interested suppliers should 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 follow this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=948c66b1-2e70-ea11-80ff-005056b64545&p=08800155-5442-e511-80ed-000c29c9ba21