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title: "Special Educational Needs Home to School Transport Service - Soft Market Testing"
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# Special Educational Needs Home to School Transport Service - Soft Market Testing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/special-educational-needs-home-to-school-transport-service-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-02ed29). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Oldham Council: "Special Educational Needs Home to School Transport Service - Soft Market Testing". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £12,600,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Oldham Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/oldham-council-ons-e08000004)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £12,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ed29`

## 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/special-educational-needs-home-to-school-transport-service-soft-market-testing-ocds-h6vhtk-02ed29#tl-md)

## Description
Oldham Council provides many services to serve the residents of the borough, one of which is the home to school transport service for children with special educational needs.
This is a statutory service and is to provide travel assistance for pupils who because of their special educational needs, disability or mobility difficulties cannot reasonably be expected to walk to their nearest qualifying school.
As part of the tender process for a new contract (to start from 1st September 2022) the Council wishes to undertake soft market testing. The purpose of the testing is to allow the Council an opportunity to refine its current working contract methodology and shape our proposal for a potential formal tender process.
Organisations are also invited to a Supplier Engagement Event, more details can be found on the Chest portal (https://www.the-chest.org.uk/) under reference DN576811.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £12,600,000
- **Description:** The SEN Transport Team provides the current provision for Home to School Transport. The service currently transports approximately 800 pupils with either special educational needs, disabilities or because of their mobility issues, they cannot be expe...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026044-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-10-19T08:03:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T22:36:39.053Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ed29