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# SOL30057 - Market Engagement - Taxi Services for Solihull Childrens Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sol30057-market-engagement-taxi-services-for-solihull-childrens-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: "SOL30057 - Market Engagement - Taxi Services for Solihull Childrens Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/solihull-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000029)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Taxi services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG32
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sol30057-market-engagement-taxi-services-for-solihull-childrens-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sol30057-market-engagement-taxi-services-for-solihull-childrens-services-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e#tl-md)

## Description
Solihull MBC is inviting interested taxi service providers to engage with this questionnaire to help us develop our future tendering strategy.
Aligned with our practice framework, Connecting Families, we aim to enable families to thrive and young people to be independent. This includes supporting families to provide their own transport when this is needed. However, on the occasions when this is not possible, Children’s Services shall arrange safe and appropriate transport so that children, young people and their parents / carers can be where they need to be. This can be: 
- Planned regular journeys for children (e.g. school, college, alternative provision) 
- Unplanned occasional journeys for children or relatives (e.g. contact meetings) 
Children’s Social Work teams arrange regular journeys per term‑time with half of those journeys requiring an escort, provided by the taxi firm. On occasions we may require a specialist taxi vehicle to meet needs. Except for one case, these journeys were to or from educational settings. In addition, there are ad‑hoc journeys for children—and occasionally for a parent carer—which may involve travel to schools or other destinations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 60120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 30/05/2026 to 31/05/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012607-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-11T17:02:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:47:18.916Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e