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title: "London Borough of Southwark - Home to School Transport (SEND) Market Warming Event"
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# London Borough of Southwark - Home to School Transport (SEND) Market Warming Event

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/london-borough-of-southwark-home-to-school-transport-send-market-warming-event-ocds-h6vhtk-048bd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Southwark Council is inviting prospective bidders to attend a virtual market warming event for Provision of Home to School Transport in Southwark on Tuesday 8th October 2024 from 2:00pm to 3.30pm. The London Borough of Southwark is procuring Home to School transportation for Children with Special Educations Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service in Southwark.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southwark Council](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-048bd3`

## 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-send-market-warming-event-ocds-h6vhtk-048bd3#tl-md)

## Description
Southwark Council is inviting prospective bidders to attend a virtual market warming event for Provision of Home to School Transport in Southwark on Tuesday 8th October 2024 from 2:00pm to 3.30pm.
The London Borough of Southwark is procuring Home to School transportation for Children with Special Educations Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service in Southwark.
The council currently delivers Home to School (H2S) transport for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) through various mechanisms. The majority of children and young people travel by bus, a smaller number by taxi or smaller vehicle.
The Market Warming event will take place virtually on Microsoft Teams: Tuesday 8th October 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. A link to the event will be provided following the deadline upon receipt of the attendance form.
Southwark Council is inviting providers who specialise in providing these services for this cohort of individuals, to attend the event prior to the release of the tender in order to inform interested parties of the commissioning intentions and details of how providers can tender for this contract opportunity. This market warming event will cover:
• Strategic context and overview
• High level overview of the service model and key requirements
• Opportunity for organisations to feedback on proposed service model and ask questions
• Procurement strategy and indicative timeline
Please confirm your attendance by completing the form attached to the advert and submit via the messaging service/facility in the ProContract portal. If you have any clarification questions regarding the event please notify the Project Team via the ProContract portal. You will need to register your company details, if you haven’t done so previously at https://procontract.due-north.com
Please submit attendance form below by 12pm Monday 30th September 2024

## 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%2F026224-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-16T15:59:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-03T12:12:43.294Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048bd3