Find a TenderOpen for expressions of interest Tender notice
Published 1 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

P1172 - Provision of Taxi Services (Causeway and West Area)

Authority: Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Central government)

Two-stage2 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£200,000envelope for 2 lots · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 26 Oct 202615:00 GMT · 25d 0h left
Clarification cut-off 16 Oct 202615:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 23 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 5all categories · n=179 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Tenders are invited for the provision of Taxi Services for Causeway and West Area for delivering transport arrangements for homeless applicants from the local offices to the temporary placement accommodation as described in the Specification and in accordance with the Housing Executive’s Conditions of Contract included with the Tender Documentation.

  • How the procedure runs: As described in the Tender Documentation.

CPV: Taxi services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£200,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Lot 1 - Derry/LondonderryRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£120,000
Taxi services for West Area
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 — 22 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsTurnover guideline: ~£79,927/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Please refer to the P1172 - Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services Contracts
60120000 Taxi services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2 - ColeraineRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£80,000
Taxi services for Causeway Area
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 — 22 Nov 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsTurnover guideline: ~£53,285/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Please refer to the P1172 - Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services Contracts
60120000 Taxi services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored · same split on all 2 lots
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Cost — 100%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Northern Ireland Housing Executive buys Taxi services (CPV 6012) — and who usually turns up

Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s own published record, next to the Northern Ireland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Taxi services (CPV 6012) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 6012 · 1 in division 60 · 117 in all categories (2 without competition · 5 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 179 lots. 59 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 120 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

5all categories · 36m · n=179 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 179 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

9%all categories · 36m · n=179 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 114 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 36m · n=114 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 31 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

50dall categories · 36m · n=31 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 101 notices.

Last 24 months.

3all categories · 24m · n=101 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 112 notices.

Last 36 months.

2%all categories · 36m · n=112 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=179
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 179 lots on 75 contested notices · all categories, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 9%
  • 2–3 18%
  • 4–6 40%
  • 7+ 32%

Middle value 5 · 179 lots on 75 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=114
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 114 lot pairs · all categories, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 30%
  • Within ±2% 25%
  • Above estimate 46%

114 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · authority’s region

Northern Ireland · Taxi services (CPV 6012)

contract notices delivered in Northern Ireland in 36 months: 3 in CPV 6012 (3 competed) · 24 in division 60 (21 competed, 2 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 6012), last 36 months: 3 lots. All 3 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4CPV 6012 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 6012), last 36 months: 3 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

33%CPV 6012 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 10 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 60 · 36m · n=10 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 2 notices. Small sample.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

43ddivision 60 · 36m · n=2 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 6012), last 36 months: 3 lots.

Last 36 months.

33%CPV 6012 · 36m · n=3 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 60), last 36 months: 8 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

63%division 60 · 36m · n=8 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots moderate · n=3
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 3 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 6012, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 33%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 67%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 4 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 6012.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=10
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 10 lot pairs · division 60, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 20%
  • Within ±2% 70%
  • Above estimate 10%

10 lot pairs · division 60.

robust · n=114
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Northern Ireland Housing Executive (all categories, n=114 pairs) lands at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£200,000) is an envelope for 2 lots and is not converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for expressions of interest
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Taxi services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077eaf Find a Tender
How it runs
As described in the Tender Documentation.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via eTendersNI
Submission portal named on this notice: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
16 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    1 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 15 days
    16 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 25 days
    26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 41 days
    11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 52 days
    23 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 14:02 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTYV-8666-PQQY 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BP

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender