Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for a Coach Service for 2027/28 academic year onwards

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Notice Description

Pre-market engagement questionnaire for expressions of interest in being invited to tender for the supply of the Coach Service for Students for Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from the start of the academic year in 2027 for a period to be decided not exceeding four years. The service will involve four weekday return journeys per week from W6 8RF to KT16 0PZ in the morning and the return trip in the afternoon.

Planning Information

Pre-market engagement questionnaire for expressions of interest in being invited to tender for the supply of the Coach Service for Students for Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from the start of the academic year in 2027 for a period to be decided not exceeding four years. Pre-market engagement with the aims and objectives of: (1) developing the Authority’s requirements and approach to the procurement; (2) designing award criteria; (3) identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required; (4) identifying likely contractual terms; (5) preparing the tender documents; this will help it then to decide the structure of its future requirements, the contract duration appropriate and the most suitable procurement route for its invitation to tender to fulfil its requirements. The Pre-market engagement process: The Authority is issuing an outline of its general requirements for the service alongside a pre-market engagement questionnaire for possible suppliers to express interest in being invited to tender to provide the requirement by answering the questions. The list of suppliers to which the questionnaire is initially addressed includes: •individual supplier companies which are either known to the Authority from previous business, •or listed on one of the two frameworks and appropriate lots identified by the Authority as those under which services of this nature may be procured; and •expressions of interest will be accepted if other suppliers wish to respond to the Pre-Market Engagement Notice. For suppliers awarded to the framework called Passenger Transport Services Lot 5 the procurement body (The Procurement Partnership Limited (TPPL)) which established that framework has offered to conduct the preliminary engagement for the Authority as an RFI within this premarket engagement and accordingly the questionnaire will be issued to those suppliers by TPPL and answers from them will be collated for the Authority by TPPL. For all other suppliers replies to the questionnaire must be submitted directly via Delta to the Authority.

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06b5a3
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056500-2026
Current Stage: Planning
All Stages: Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type: UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type: Standard
Procurement Category: Services
Procurement Method: Not Specified
Procurement Method Details: Not specified
Tender Suitability: Not specified
Awardee Scale: Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions: 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
CPV Codes: 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value: Not specified
Lots Value: Not specified
Awards Value: Not specified
Contracts Value: Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 16 Jun 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 30 Jun 20265 days to go
Award Date: Not specified
Contract Period: 26 Sep 2027 - 26 May 2028 6-12 months
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status: Planning
Lots Status: Planning
Awards Status: Not Specified
Contracts Status: Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: ASHFORD AND ST PETERS HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Additional Buyers: HEALTHCARE PARTNERS LIMITED
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Contact Phone: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality: ASHFORD
Postcode: TW15 3AA
Post Town: Twickenham
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3): TLJ25 West Surrey
Delivery Location: TLI London, TLJ25 West Surrey
Local Authority: Guildford
Electoral Ward: Westborough
Westminster Constituency: Guildford

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056500-2026
16th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Notice URLs

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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