Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre - Home to School Transport

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)·On behalf of: Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£400,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The procurement is to provide the school with a home to school transport service.

CPV: Road transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2032 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
10 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055256
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Road transport servicesTransport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059747 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 10:05 BST
  2. Market engagement400 days ago
    19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please complete the Expression of Interest shown in this project express interest and provide estimated quotes. The EOI form should be returned using the Jaggaer Messaging Portal

  3. Tender notice expected388 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts54 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 10:05 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

2 public bodies on the notice

Department for Education

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDZG-3487-DPVD Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, London, SW1P3BTContact email

Other public bodies

  • Newent Community School and Sixth Form CentreProcess contact pointProcuring entityContracting AuthorityGB-COH: 08153177 Newent, South WestContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure