Sustainable Travel Transition Year (STTY) Programme Management Support

The Isle of Wight Council invites quotes from suitably qualified providers for the provision of 2016/17 STTY Programme Management Support. The contract is to run from 01 July 2016 to 31 March 2017. The closing date for quotes is 24 June 2016 at 14:00.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded £450k to the Isle of Wight (IoW) Council in 16/17 from its STTY fund, in order to deliver economic growth and carbon reduction outcomes through sustainable transport initiatives.

The 16/17 programme will inspire residents and visitors to build active, sustainable modes into everyday journeys, supporting economic growth and reducing carbon. This will be achieved through an innovative programme of workplace and school engagement, and an ambitious expansion of the recent LSTF programme.

Projects within the programme will be delivered through proven partnerships with the education, business and tourism sectors.

The programme is cross cutting and ambitious, will embrace innovation and deliver inspirational sustainable transport solutions for residents and visitors, and achieve the following three objectives:

• Reduce the impact of visitor travel on the Isle of Wight, while growing the value of the visitor economy; • Reduce dependency on single occupancy car trips and promote sustainable alternatives for access to employment; • Improve the health and wellbeing of young people through sustainable access to education;

Additional information: The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2000 which came into force on 01.01.2005 applies to the contracting authority. If any Tenderer considers that any information supplied by them is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity specified. In such cases the relevant material will, in response to FOI requests, be examined in light of exemptions provided for in this act. To download the Invitation to Tender Pack, all interested providers must register their company on the South East Business Portal (if you have not already done so). This can be done by following the link below: https://procontract.due-north.com/register The registration process is free, simple and full instructions on how to do this are available on the South East Business Portal. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive a username and password via email. When you log on for the first time you will be prompted to change your password. Please note however that if your company has already been registered, your application will be rejected to avoid duplication and additional service users will need to be set up on the existing account. There is no cost to you for registering your company. This contract opportunity can be searched by using reference number DN165700 or by clicking https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d7c8b23d-2b27-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21