--- title: "Passenger Transport (Taxis) and Travel Care Framework for Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-12-16" --- # Passenger Transport (Taxis) and Travel Care Framework for Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults Buyer: WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3.json) ## Summary The Westminster City Council is planning to initiate a tender process for a contract titled "Passenger Transport (Taxis) and Travel Care Framework for Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults". This service falls under the taxi services category and aims to provide essential transport for vulnerable groups, including children with special educational needs and vulnerable adults. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with the tender anticipated to be published in early January 2022, and contract commencement expected around August 2022. The total contract value is approximately £15,238,568, with the framework likely divided into two lots focusing on scheduled and ad-hoc transport services. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in passenger transport services, particularly those capable of providing high-quality, accessible vehicles and trained passenger assistants. Companies with experience in catering to vulnerable individuals, such as those within the education and social care sectors, would be particularly well-suited to bid. The split between scheduled and ad-hoc journeys means that both established service providers and those agile enough to respond to last-minute needs could find valuable opportunities through this framework. ## Notice The Authorities are looking to retender this service and establish a new framework which continues to fulfil the statutory requirements to be safe and appropriate, whilst deriving value for money and maintaining current high-quality standards. The service will predominately be used by: 1)Pupils of Westminster City Council (WCC) and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) with Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities needing transport to and from school/college. 2) Vulnerable Adult Residents of WCC and RBKC needing travel to and from Day Services and other establishments as part of their social care provision. 3) Looked After Children (LAC) and Young People and Children in Need (CIN). These children and young people may have complex needs or a significant disability and/or additional needs that impact upon their daily lives. The requirement is for a number of providers to deliver transport services using a range of vehicles with up to 8 passenger seats including: cars, black cabs, people-carriers and wheelchair accessible vehicles. Passenger Assistants will be required on some routes to provide support to service users who have additional needs. It is most likely that the service requirements will be reprocured through a multi-provider framework which will be split across two Lots: - Lot 1: Scheduled Journeys where consistency of driver, vehicle and where required, passenger assistance, is absolutely critical to the successful delivery of the service - Lot 2: Ad-hoc journeys for occasions when either Authority needs quick and efficient taxi provision to transport a range of service users sometimes at extremely short notice. In October 2021 the council published a Contracts Finder - Early Engagement Notice which can be accessed via External ID: 04348b00-afb3-40e9-afb2-73c6b5449d80 https://www.capitalesourcing.com/esop/toolkit/notice/showNationalData.do?noticeId=1002246#fh Information and documents from the previous Market Engagement Questionnaire and event which took place in October 2021 can be found in the attachments section of itt_WCC_15077 within our e-tending portal. In addition, all information from the previous Market Engagement exercise will be shared in the upcoming tender. ### Lot Information Scheduled Routes Lot 1: Scheduled Journeys where consistency of driver, vehicle and where required, passenger assistance, is absolutely critical to the successful delivery of the service Ad-Hoc Routes Lot 2 - Ad-hoc journeys for occasions when either Authority needs quick and efficient taxi provision to transport a range of service users sometimes at extremely short notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031532-2021 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 Dec 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Jan 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,238,568 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL | | 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 - 16 Dec 2021 at 22:45 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031532-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://www.capitalesourcing.com/esop/toolkit/notice/showNationalData.do?noticeId=1002246#fh - https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml - https://www.westminster.gov.uk/ ## 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-h6vhtk-0302a3. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0302a3.json.