Official UK procurement notice
Occupational Driver Training · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Provision of Occupational and Vocational Driver Training
CPV: Specialist training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£600,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Technical Ability: 45%
- Demonstration: 15%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Technical Ability
- Social Value
- Price
- Demonstration
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 30 Jun 2026, 14:29 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
C456275- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081658- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c045Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Jun 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published116 days ago30 Jun 2026, 14:29 BST
- Market engagement87 days ago28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
NHS Blood and Transplant is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform its commercial strategy for a potential future requirement for occupational, vocational and emergency response driver training.
The anticipated scope may include emergency response driver training, occupational/defensive driver training, refresher training, banksman training, new vehicle familiarisation/induction training including electric vehicle familiarisation, driver assessor training and vocational licence acquisition training.
The purpose of this engagement is to understand market capability, delivery models, geographic coverage, capacity, relevant emergency services/healthcare experience, subcontracting or partnership models, mobilisation considerations, indicative risks and any factors that may inform the future procurement strategy.
This notice does not constitute a call for competition and does not commit NHSBT to commencing a procurement process. Any information provided is for preliminary market engagement only and may be used to inform the future requirement, specification, procurement route and commercial model. Participation is voluntary and suppliers will not receive any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process as a result of participating or not participating in this engagement.
f you are interested in this opportunity, please contact us no later than 28th July 2026 and we will send you a detailed version of our requirement so far, along with some questions/ request for information in order to help us refine the specification.
- Next notice expected74 days ago10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published58 days ago27 Aug 2026, 11:03 BST
- Latest notice published32 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST
- Submission deadline22 days ago2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by11 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 8 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jun 2026, 14:29 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 11:03 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active27 Aug 2026, 11:03 BST
- Procurement method changed27 Aug 2026, 11:03 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST27 Aug 2026, 11:03 BST
- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST22 Sept 2026, 12:09 BST+3 days · was 29 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
tender submission date amended
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender 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