Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 23 May 2025, 16:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Home to School Taxi and Minibus Services (2026)

Official notice

Authority: Isle of Wight NHS Trust (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£19,110,025pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 31 May 2034 · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Provision of Home to School Taxi and Minibus Services 2026. Relating to the provision of home to school taxi/minibus services which is a statutory function for the local authority. The Authority is engaging with potential suppliers to seek views and feedback to the information provided in this questionnaire. This is intended to be used to assist the Authority on deciding the next steps for the procurement of Home to School Taxi and Minibus Services Framework (2026) (Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05246a).

CPV: Taxi services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
8 yrs from 1 Jun 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2034 (8 yrs)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Home to School Taxi and Minibus Services (2026)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
23 May 2025, 16:24 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
Authority reference
DN776009
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068262
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Taxi services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ34)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05246a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:24 BST
  2. Latest notice published369 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
  3. Market engagement338 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Please complete the questionnaire which can be found here:

    procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

  4. Tender notice expected299 days ago
    2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts150 days ago
    1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 16:24 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
    UK2

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

Isle of Wight Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGYX-7387-YJXG County Hall, Newport, South East, PO30 1UDContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure