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Published 26 May 2025, 22:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Sheffield Taxi & Minibus Framework

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServices

Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline value£50,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice

Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of vehicles with driver (taxis, hackney carriages, minibuses etc), either with or without passenger assistant to assist with the transportation of the Council's service users, in particular children and adults with a predefined need, by adding capacity to the Council's in-house transport fleet.

CPV: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Taxi services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Framework period: 4 yrs from 1 Aug 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 4 yrs

Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030 (4 yrs)

Delivery: UK

60120000 Taxi services 60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

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

What this means for your bid

“Sheffield Taxi & Minibus Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 May 2025, 22:13 BST
Last source update: 26 May 2025, 22:13 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-027534
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driverTaxi services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052673 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Appointment period ends: —

Timeline

26 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
26 May 2025, 22:13 BST
Tender notice expected265 days ago
1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Contract starts85 days ago
1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
26 May 2025, 22:13 BST
UK1

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

Sheffield City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPQT-9425-JWVM The Town Hall, Pinstone St, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2HHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender26 May 2025, 22:13 BST