The Cornwall College Group Student Transport / Bus Tender September 2025

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        "postalCode": "PL25 4DJ",
        "streetAddress": "Tregonissey Road, St Austell"
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        "name": "Chris Davey",
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    "description": "The Cornwall College Group has a number of campuses throughout Cornwall along with Bicton College in Devon will be seeking suitably qualified supplier(s) to provide Student Transport / Bus Services from September 2025.The routes would be required to run from the start of the autumn term, right through to the end of the summer term; excluding the Christmas and Easter holidays, half-terms and bank holidays. To ensure the safety of our learners, all vehicles must be PSVAR compliant and all drivers will have an up to date DBS check and agree to complete safeguarding training. As our service needs to be extremely reliable we would welcome companies who would have a spare bus available, should there be an emergency, and to those who can or are willing to explore the possibility of App based systems for ticketing, traceability and transport being tracked by the end user. We will also require a designated person of contact, should we need to coordinate routes on a daily basis. Further details are included in this ITT.\r\n\r\nAdditional information: \r\nThe Colleges Electronic Tendering System InTend will be used to manage this Tender. To obtain additional detail about this Tender an interested Supplier must register (if not already registered) on the In-Tend procurement portal as follows:\r\nRegistering your company on In-Tend\r\nSupplier Side https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cornwall/aspx/Home\r\no Overview of Portal\r\no Intro to Project Summary Page/ Correspondence box\r\nUseful Contact Information: In-Tend Helpdesk 0845 5578079 email: support@in-tend.co.uk\r\n\r\n\r\nIs a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No",
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