Official UK procurement notice
Taxi Driver Knowledge Tests
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of a secure, web-based test delivery service to support the Council’s Hackney Carriage / Private Hire Vehicle Drivers Licence process. The service will be used to administer an online knowledge test to applicants in a controlled and auditable way, producing consistent results and supporting fair assessment.
CPV: Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£20,000
- Condition of participation
Insurance Requirements (if successful): Employer’s Liability Insurance* £10m Public Liability Insurance £2m
What 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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Condition of participation
Insurance Requirements (if successful): Employer’s Liability Insurance* £10m Public Liability Insurance £2m
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 09:01 BST
- Authority reference
100110823- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047499- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
20 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published251 days ago20 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Market engagement237 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Next notice expected227 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published160 days ago22 May 2026, 09:01 BST
- Clarification questions by141 days ago10 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline127 days ago24 Jun 2026, 16:00 BST
- Contract starts59 days ago1 Sept 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Feb 2026, 11:00 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published22 May 2026, 09:01 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active22 May 2026, 09:01 BST
- Procurement method changed22 May 2026, 09:01 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Jun 2026, 16:00 BST22 May 2026, 09:01 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender