Official UK procurement notice
2627-0143 Passenger Transport Framework
Authority: Islington Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of supported transport for SEND children, vulnerable adults and other eligible residents, including passenger assistance where required. The service enables access to education, care and community services through a range of transport solutions including taxis, accessible vehicles, minibuses and attendants, with a focus on safety, safeguarding, accessibility and value for money.
CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 16 Aug 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “2627-0143 Passenger Transport Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Islington Council buys Special-purpose road passenger-transport services (CPV 6013), and who usually turns up
Islington Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services (CPV 6013) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–39% / 13%
4–60% / 25%
7+91% / 63%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6013Published estimate£32m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 26 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–615%
7+85%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Sept 2026, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 15:44 BST
- Authority reference
2627-0143- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088336- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
17 Sept 2026 → 16 Aug 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 15:44 BST
- Market engagement3 days ago23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
The Council intends to undertake preliminary market engagement to help inform the proposed Passenger Transport Framework. The engagement will seek feedback from potential suppliers on the proposed scope, service requirements, market capacity, delivery model, mobilisation considerations and any potential barriers to participation.
The council will hold a 30-minute virtual preliminary market engagement event on 28 September 2026 at 11:30am. For more information, please see document 2627-0143 Passenger Transport PME.
A market engagement questionnaire will be issued alongside this public notice. Suppliers are invited to submit responses through the online questionnaire by 23:59 on 23 October 2026. The Council may review and follow up on responses during the engagement period.
This Notice is for informational only and is not an invitation to tender. Participation in the engagement will not affect a supplier’s eligibility to participate in any future procurement. The Council may amend the proposed requirements following engagement. Its aim is to enhance transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details provided here may be updated or changed in the final tender notice. The Council reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort the procurement at any stage. The issue of this notice in no way commits the Council to commence a procurement process.
To access the opportunity please use the following link:
procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View ↗
How to express an interest:
If you wish to apply for this contract opportunity please follow these steps:
- Register your organisation free of charge via the London Tenders Portal
- When you receive an email confirming your username and password use these to log on to the London Tenders Portal and express your interest in 2627-0143 Passenger Transport Framework
- Shortly after you have expressed interest, you will receive a second email containing a link to access the UK2 PME documents
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 76 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 292 days16 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Sept 2026, 15:44 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender