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title: "London Borough of Southwark Home to School Transport PIN"
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# London Borough of Southwark Home to School Transport PIN

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/london-borough-of-southwark-home-to-school-transport-pin-ocds-h6vhtk-040e1b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** We are undertaking market exploration to inform our long term thinking in relation to the Home to School transportation service in Southwark. The Council provides travel assistance to and from schools and colleges for eligible children and young people with special educational needs and other vulnerabilities.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Southwark](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-southwark-ons-e09000028)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKI44
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040e1b`

## 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/london-borough-of-southwark-home-to-school-transport-pin-ocds-h6vhtk-040e1b#tl-md)

## Description
We are undertaking market exploration to inform our long term thinking in relation to the Home to School transportation service in Southwark.
The Council provides travel assistance to and from schools and colleges for eligible children and young people with special educational needs and other vulnerabilities. The support is via four main mechanisms:
-	Bus transport
-	Taxi transport
-	Direct payments, with funds delegated to parents to arrange transport.
-	Travelcards, where young people can travel on public transport.
The Council provides travel assistance to in the region of 737 children and young people, of whom vehicle transport (bus or taxi) is provided for approximately 75%
The needs of the children and young people may include:-
•	Physical disabilities including wheelchair access
•	Additional learning needs
•	Autism
•	A range of communication, emotional, behavioural support needs.
•	Visual and/or hearing impairments.
Most journeys require one or more passenger assistants to support children or young people due to their additional needs.
Routes go to schools and colleges in and out of the borough.  There are usually in the region of 60-70 routes in place.
The contracting authority has prepared a questionnaire which can be accessed via the following link:-
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=4cb791cc-8971-ee11-8124-005056b64545
Please submit your completed questionnaire via the portal not later than 12 Noon on 03 November 2023

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 63000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031170-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-23T10:36:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-06T04:32:50.867Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040e1b