Official UK procurement notice
Home to School Transport (Buses)
Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSEND buses transport service (buses) to take children/young people to and from their place of education.
This notice follows on from Pipeline notice:
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-045362
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-069aff
CPV: Road transport services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 3 Apr 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “Home to School Transport (Buses)” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Southwark buys Road transport services (CPV 6010), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Southwark’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Road transport services (CPV 6010) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning. 88 known-size awards sit across 7 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered. 103 known-location awards sit across 7 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–358% / 27%
4–625% / 8%
7+17% / 65%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6010Published estimate£13m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 26 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–615%
7+85%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 27 May 2026, 09:30 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2026, 10:46 BST
- Authority reference
DN816459- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050145- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a568Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
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Timeline
27 May 2026 → 3 Apr 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published150 days ago27 May 2026, 09:30 BST
- Latest notice published149 days ago28 May 2026, 10:46 BST
- Market engagement135 days ago11 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Please respond by 17:00 11 June 2026
The London Borough of Southwark is developing its strategic commissioning intentions for the future of Home-to-School bus transport services for the borough.
The Council is keen to work with leading reputable providers to inform this long-term planning and would like to hear from providers about:
- Interest in working with Southwark Council on future opportunities
- Their experience of providing services elsewhere
- Potential risks, challenges, and issues
The Council is considering a range of delivery options including outsourcing and would like to hear from a range of providers including private and voluntary sector organisations, and prospective public sector partners (such as Local Authority Trading Companies.)
This notice includes a questionnaire (appendix A) which can be completed by any size of organisation wishing to engage and assist the Council in this market insight stage. Please complete the enclosed questionnaire (appendix A) and submit the response via the messaging service.
This is NOT the commencement of a procurement procedure, neither is it a call for expressions of interest. This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Council and the Council is not bound to accept any proposals offered. The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this soft market testing/sounding exercise. Any procurement of any services by the council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023.
Responses to the questionnaire will be treated confidentially.
The council's tenders will be advertised on the Pro-contract portal and the following websites please see links below:
- procontract.due-north.com ↗
- Find a Tender
Please respond by 17:00 11 June 2026
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 100 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts3 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 May 2026, 09:30 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 May 2026, 09:50 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 May 2026, 10:46 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Added procurement reference and procedure from Dynamic Market to Framework
This PME notice: UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-050074 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-06a568 should be linked to Pipeline Notice: This notice follows on from Pipeline notice: Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-045362 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-069aff From now on the Procurement identifier (OCID) will be: ocds-h6vhtk-06a568
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender