Official UK procurement notice
Non-emergency transport for social care adults
Authority: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDudley MBC is seeking to procure a provision of a non-emergency passenger transport. This provision will be for Dudley adults identified by Social Care services who are unable to travel by private or public transport due to mobility, frailty, medical or mental health condition.
Contract will be awarded for 3 year term with a 2 year option to extend.
CPV: Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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).
- Simple description: PSQ Pass/Fail Quality 50% Social Value 10% Price 40% Legal Pass/Fail
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 6 Mar 2025, 15:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Mar 2026, 13:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
25031- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000335- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea29Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders should be submitted electronically through the Council's In-Tend procurement portal with core supplier information also submitted on the Central Digital Platform. Closing date for receipt of completed tenders via In-Tend at in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/a… ↗ no later than 13:00 on 2 February 2026.
Timeline
6 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published6 Mar 2025, 15:05 GMT
- Market engagement28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
**This is not a call for Competition**
The purpose of this Market Engagement is to gain feedback to help understand how your organisation's vision aligns to the Commissioning Intentions.
The questionnaire is located on the following link
forms.office.com/e/S2H9FUyMtv ↗
Deadline for completion is 28th March 2025 at 2pm.
All responses will be treated as confidential and not shared with other organisations, however, the final specification and tender model may be influenced by this and other stakeholders' responses.
- Tender notice published289 days ago5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Submission deadline261 days ago2 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by247 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent231 days ago5 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends219 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published212 days ago23 Mar 2026, 13:16 GMT
- Contract starts204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Mar 2025, 15:05 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMTUK4
- Published value updated5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Status changed to active5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Deadline published: 2 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT5 Jan 2026, 14:06 GMT
- Contract award notice published5 Mar 2026, 10:22 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Mar 2026, 10:22 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Mar 2026, 13:16 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-03: 1 release · 6 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Destinations Ltd1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: up to 2 years | £250,000 inc. VAT | 4 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Green Destinations Ltd
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2026
- Value
- £250,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- up to 2 years
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Green Destinations LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender