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# Electric Hackney Carriage Trial

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/electric-hackney-carriage-trial-ocds-h6vhtk-02aab1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield City Council: "Electric Hackney Carriage Trial". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-city-council-ons-e08000039)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Environmental training services, Motor vehicles, Taxi services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £650,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02aab1`

## 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/electric-hackney-carriage-trial-ocds-h6vhtk-02aab1#tl-md)

## Description
The Council has received Early Measures Funding (EMF) from Government to deliver an Electric Hackney Carriage Trial in Sheffield that will provide taxi Drivers the opportunity to experience driving an electric hackney carriage on a ‘real world’ basis, assisting Drivers in understanding the potential operational issues and benefits.
SCC has appointed Sherbet London Taxis Ltd to operate a taxi trial Scheme which loans, on a short-term basis, electric hackney carriages to hackney carriage Drivers registered within Sheffield. The scheme includes delivering the following elements:
• The storage, licencing, and maintenance of up to 11 electric Hackney Carriage taxis with associated telematics.
• End to end management of the vehicle hire process and the provision of education and support to Drivers to encourage electric vehicle take up.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60120000, 80540000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The Council has received Early Measures Funding (EMF) from Government to deliver an Electric Hackney Carriage Trial in Sheffield that will provide taxi Drivers the opportunity to experience driving an electric hackney carriage on a ‘real world’ basis...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Electric Hackney Carriage Trial (active)
  - Award id: `009024-2021-DN515576-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Sherbet London Taxis Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-14334`
  - Value: £650,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Electric Hackney Carriage Trial (active)
  - Signed Value: £650,000
  - Signed Date: 21/04/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009024-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-27T14:21:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:46:22.290Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02aab1