--- title: "Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CAPITALESOURCING" published: "2021-10-05" --- # Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support Services Buyer: CAPITALESOURCING Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b.json) ## Summary Westminster City Council (WCC), a public local authority, is conducting a tender planning phase for its upcoming procurement of "Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support Services" aimed at supporting vulnerable children, young people, and adults. The market engagement notice was published on 5th October 2021, and the engagement end date for submitting feedback through the market sounding questionnaire is set for 15th October 2021. The procurement is classified within the taxi services industry (CPV 60120000) and targets service delivery primarily within London (postcode SW1E 6QP). This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to expand their service offerings in the public sector. Businesses engaged in providing transport services, particularly those with experience in working with vulnerable groups, would be particularly well-suited to participate. The joint market engagement initiative will also allow interested parties to register for a virtual event scheduled for 19th October 2021, providing further insights into the tendering process and requirements. ## Notice This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) issued by Westminster City Council (WCC) who is a public local authority and a Contracting Authority for the purpose of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The PIN has been issued for operators to be aware of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)s planned intention to procure the provision of passenger transport taxi services for vulnerable children, young people and adults across both boroughs ("the Services"). This PIN shall not be used as a means for the call for competition for the Services. A market sounding questionnaire has been published, inviting feedback from providers in the market to outline their level of interest and capacity in relation to this future opportunity. The market sounding questionnaire also allows you to register interest in attending a virtual event to find out more about this future tendering opportunity. The event is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 19th October at 11am. The market sounding questionnaire can be accessed through our sourcing platform capitalEsourcing and therefore you will be required to fill out a registration form if you are not already registered with capitalEsourcing .Please use the link below to redirect you to capitalEsourcing's home page where you will find a link in bold for Supplier Registration. https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml Please find the market engagement questionnaire in capitalEsourcing by searching for prj_WCC_19576 - Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support. The deadline to submit the market sounding questionnaire is Friday 15th October. Additional information: A market sounding questionnaire is jointly issued by Westminster City Council (WCC) and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), seeks to obtain market feedback in relation to the procurement of Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care and Support Services for Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults. This is not a call for competition but is a request for early market engagement only. Interested providers are asked to complete the attached market sounding questionnaire and return it via the messaging inbox by 12 noon 15th October 2021. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04348b00-afb3-40e9-afb2-73c6b5449d80 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Oct 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 15 Oct 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CAPITALESOURCING | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1E 6QP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60120000 - Taxi services ## Release History - 5 Oct 2021 at 10:42 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04348b00-afb3-40e9-afb2-73c6b5449d80 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04348b00-afb3-40e9-afb2-73c6b5449d80 5th October 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69f8578d-91df-48d6-b827-c3501e91591b.json.