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Taxi Service for Vulnerable Clients

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

01 Sep 2026 at 14:14

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

15 Jul 2026 at 18:02

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Apr 2026 at 18:30

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council established an open framework for taxi and private-hire transport services for vulnerable clients. The requirement covers eligible children and escorts, including looked-after children and children with special educational needs or behavioural considerations, and eligible adults and escorts. The Council may also require passenger escort services and transport for other Council services or departments. Work is delivered across the Bradford area in West Yorkshire. The service category is taxi services (CPV 60120000). This is a public-sector passenger transport requirement rather than a general vehicle supply contract, so relevant businesses are taxi operators, private-hire firms, minibus providers and transport businesses able to support escorted journeys and variable Council travel requirements.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded on 9 July 2026 following an open procedure. It covered one lot and attracted 82 bids, with 67 valid final-stage bidders. The framework award is valued at £83,333,333 excluding VAT (£100,000,000 including VAT) and was made to 67 named suppliers, including 1st Choice Private Hire (UK) Ltd, DRIVX, Veezu North Ltd, Bradford Central Taxis Ltd and West Yorkshire Travel Ltd. The active contract was signed on 31 July 2026 and runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2034. Evaluation was based on response to the specification, weighted at 80%, and social value, weighted at 20%. The framework uses reopening of competition for individual passenger transport routes.

This award demonstrates substantial, recurring demand from Bradford Council for local and regional taxi and private-hire capacity supporting vulnerable passengers. The successful supply base is dominated by small and medium-sized operators, showing that the requirement can suit established local firms as well as larger transport businesses. Credible future participants would need dependable vehicles and drivers, the capacity to cover passenger routes across the Bradford area, and the operational resilience to transport children or adults and their escorts safely. Providers should also be able to respond to route-level competitions through SProc.Net, maintain accurate system information and manage changing start timescales. Experience of passenger escort work, specialist client needs and Council transport operations would strengthen a future response, alongside a clear approach to social value.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Taxi Service for Vulnerable Clients

Notice Description

The Council is seeking to establish an Open Framework Agreement for the provision of transport services for eligible children and their escorts (to include looked after children or children with special education needs or behavioural considerations), and support for the provision of transport services for eligible adults and their escort. The Council may require Passenger Escort Services from the Provider. The Council may, on some occasions, require transport services for council services/departments that do not transport children

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-068e9a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082692-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60120000 - Taxi services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£80,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£80,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£83,333,333 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£83,333,333 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
1 Jun 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
BRADFORD
Postcode
BD1 1HX
Postcode Area
Bradford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE41 Bradford
Delivery Location
TLE41 Bradford
Local Authority
Bradford
Electoral Ward
City
Westminster Constituency
Bradford West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
67
Supplier Names

1st Choice Private Hire (Uk) Ltd

247 TAXIS BFD LTD

24x7 Ltd

A2B Travel Bradford Ltd

ACADEMY CONTRACT HIRE LTD TA EUROCABS LTD

Adeeb Ahmad

AIB Travel Ltd

AK Cars Yorkshire LTD

DRIVX

BASHIR TRAVELS LIMITED

Bens Apple Cars Ltd

Bhatti Travel Services ( BTS) Ltd

Bradford Central Taxis Limited

Bronte Haworth Oakworth & DCW Limited

CWC PRIVATE HIRE LTD

DT Private Hire Ltd

ets private hire(bradford) ltd

FAGLEY CARZ LTD

Falcon Travel Bradford Limited

Faredeal Coaches Ltd

Girlington Allover Ltd

GO RYDE LTD

Green And White Taxis Ltd

Green Destinations Ltd

Ijaz Ahmed

Imran Boston

Infinitytradehub ltd

Inter Yorks Ltd

intime Private Hire LTD

Keighley 608608 speedline arrows private hire limited

Link Cars Private Hire Ltd

Local Cars Ltd

Marquis Private Hire Ltd

Mehnaz Begum

METRO-GO TAXIS LIMITED

Mhd Travel Ltd

Mohammed Abid

Mr Ajaz Fazil

Mr Ashraf Khan

Mr Atique Saleem

Mr Tariq Mahmood

MS carz private hire ltd

Nad Travels Ltd

Nearby.cab Ltd

Nisar Ahmed

Nova Rides

OXFORD PRIVATE HIRE LTD

POWER CARZ LTD

Rollinson Safeway Limited

RYF TRAVELS LIMITED

Santos Direct Private Hire Ltd

Shipley Central Cars

Shipley central private hire drivers limited

Silsden Steeton Cottingley & Nab Wood Ltd

Skipton & Craven Taxis Ltd

SLINE TRAVEL LIMITED

Sophie's Travel Ltd

Town taxis (Bradford) LTD

Ultimate Travel Solutions Ltd

Veezu North

Waseem Akhtar

West Yorkshire Travel Limited

Wrose village cars limited

Zip Travel Ltd

Zohaib Naqvi

ZOYP

Skyline Private Hire

Further Information

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