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Published 4 Jul 2025, 13:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Home To School (Specialised Transport Service) Market Engagement Questionnaire

Official notice

Authority: Slough Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Sept 2028 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The service in scope relates to the provision of home to school transport for a cohort of 55 SEND pupils with varying and often highly complex needs.

Please log in to in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/asp… ↗ and find full details using reference SBC - 038523

CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2028 (3 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligible
60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

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
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Jul 2025, 13:54 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2025, 14:10 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037459
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055930 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 13:54 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    This engagement will help determine the level of interest and capability within the provider market and inform future service delivery decisions.

  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 13:54 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 14:10 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

Slough Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMLW-2634-YYNX Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough, South East, SL1 2ELContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure