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Published 22 May 2025, 18:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Taxi Services for Passenger Transport

Official notice

Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)

Dynamic marketServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Wales (UKL18)

Planned pipeline value£3,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice

Market period 2 yrsends 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Swansea Council are looking to develop a dynamic market to replace the current Taxi DPS that will provide Home to School transport as well as Social Services transport.

CPV: Taxi services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice

Type: Dynamic market
Market period: 2 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Jul 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE

Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2036 with extensions

Delivery: WalesEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: Extension options published

60120000 Taxi services

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

“Provision of Taxi Services for Passenger Transport” is a dynamic market: 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: Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement: Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 22 May 2025, 18:20 BST
Last source update: 22 May 2025, 18:20 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-025378
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Taxi services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051f75 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Admission period ends: —

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
22 May 2025, 18:20 BST
Tender notice expected296 days ago
5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts120 days ago
1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
22 May 2025, 18:20 BST
UK1

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

City & County of Swansea

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentWelsh devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PYYD-8699-BJGD Civic Centre, Swansea, Wales, SA1 3SNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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