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Specialised School Transport Assistance (SESTA)

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Details

Tender Closed
RFx ID : 30784604
Tender Name : Specialised School Transport Assistance (SESTA)
Reference # : MOE27434 Restricted Tender
Open Date : Friday, 6 December 2024 2:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  : Friday, 21 February 2025 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 78111800 - Passenger road transportation
Regions:
  • New Zealand
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : All questions are to be raised through GETS.
transport.contracts@education.govt.nz
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Agency Address : NEW ZEALAND
Overview

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued by the Ministry of Education.

This RFP regards SESTA, a Ministry of Education transport service that assists children and young people with safety and/or mobility needs that prevent them from travelling independently to school.

RFx Outcome

This tender has been awarded. Total spend value $ 555,000,000.

  • Cross Country Rentals - 316, Queen Street, Masterton, 5810, NEW ZEALAND
  • Gisborne Taxi Society Limited - 186, Derby Street, Gisborne, 4010, NEW ZEALAND
  • Go Bus Transport Ltd - 678, Victoria Street, Hamilton, 3204, NEW ZEALAND
  • Madge Coachlines Ltd - 120, Whakakake, Tauranga, 3110, NEW ZEALAND
  • Ritchies Transport - 572 Swanson Road, Swanson, Auckland, 0781, NEW ZEALAND

Further Award Information:
The awarded contracts based on the regional clusters is as follows:

Gisborne Taxi Society Limited - (Gisborne)

Go Bus Transport Ltd - (Greater Dunedin, Hastings, Invercargill / Bluff, Matamata, Ngāruawāhia, Taumarunui, Wānaka)

Madge Coachlines Limited - (Cambridge, Dannevirke, Edgecumbe, Feilding, Hutt Valley / Lower Hutt, Kawerau, Levin, Ōpōtiki, Paeroa, Paraparaumu, Porirua, Taupō, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Te Puke, Tokoroa, Whanganui, Wellington, Whakatāne)

Ritchies Transport Holding Limited - (Ashburton, Auckland North Shore, Auckland West, Gore, Greymouth, Marlborough, Oamaru, Queenstown, Timaru, Warkworth, Wellsford)

Tranzit Group Limited - (Auckland Central, Auckland East, Auckland Manukau, Featherston / Wairarapa, Greater Christchurch, Hamilton, Hāwera, Napier, Nelson & Districts, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Stratford, Tauranga)

Award Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2025 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Thursday, 24 July 2025 7:23 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)