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title: "Children and Young People's Travel Service: Transport Services"
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# Children and Young People's Travel Service: Transport Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-travel-service-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City Council: "Children and Young People's Travel Service: Transport Services". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £450,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £450,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Minibuses, Motor vehicles, Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons, Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons, Public road transport services (+2 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-travel-service-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-travel-service-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbirminghamcc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-and-young-people-s-travel-service-transport-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96#participate

## Description
Birmingham City Council is seeking tenders from suitable tenderers that wish to be appointed to a Framework Agreement for the provision of the Service.  The Service required will primarily be to transport vulnerable children and young people to and from schools and colleges.  Birmingham City Council must meet the statutory requirements relating to home to school transport and sustainable travel.   The Council is the largest service of its kind in the country providing transport services (vehicles, drivers and passenger assistants) to support over 4,500 children and young people with SEND. There are over 1,200 transport routes operated each day and, as at early September 2022, approximately 920 of these routes require passenger assistants to support the needs of these children and young people.  The Framework Agreement will be in two Lots and will be awarded to multiple suppliers.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Minibus (For 9-seat or more vehicles)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34114400, 34120000, 60000000, 60112000, 60130000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Lot 1 will have a maximum of 20 successful tenderers on the Framework to deliver all the minibus contracts. Call off will be via further competition based on requirements, and individual requirements will be packaged based on needs. Lot 1 also has th...

### Lot 2: Taxi: (vehicles that can provide 8 passenger seats or less)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 34100000, 34115200, 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Lot 2 will have a maximum of 35 suppliers and call off will be via direct award based on vehicle type and pricing. Once the Framework Agreement commences and there is a requirement, the Council will directly award that requirement via a direct Call-O...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015006-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-25T17:01:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T05:50:19.391Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03cf96