--- title: "SOL30057 - Market Engagement - Taxi Services for Solihull Childrens Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2026-02-11" --- # SOL30057 - Market Engagement - Taxi Services for Solihull Childrens Services Buyer: SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e.json) ## Summary Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is in the planning stage of a public procurement process for taxi services tailored for Solihull Children's Services. The project, titled "SOL30057 - Market Engagement - Taxi Services for Solihull Childrens Services," is categorised under the "Taxi Services" industry. This tender seeks to address the transportation needs of children and their families within the UKG32 region, United Kingdom. The council is conducting preliminary market engagement with plans to advance the formal tendering strategy in alignment with their practice framework, Connecting Families. Interested parties are invited to access and respond to a questionnaire on the Atamis portal by 12:00hrs on 11th March 2026, which is part of the engagement process leading to the procurement of services. This tender offers promising business growth opportunities for providers of taxi services, particularly those specialising in regular and ad-hoc transport arrangements in educational and social settings. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-positioned to compete given the tender's suitability requirements. The contract period is expected to commence on 31st May 2026, running through to 31st May 2028, suggesting a long-term engagement. The involvement of qualified taxi firms, capable of supplying standard and specialised vehicles with escort services, is crucial to fulfil the council's transport needs as defined by the Children's Services department. This procurement process not only suggests potential for rigorous innovation in service delivery but also meaningful contributions towards community support and familial development through strategic mobility solutions. ## Notice Solihull MBC is inviting interested taxi service providers to engage with this questionnaire to help us develop our future tendering strategy. Aligned with our practice framework, Connecting Families, we aim to enable families to thrive and young people to be independent. This includes supporting families to provide their own transport when this is needed. However, on the occasions when this is not possible, Children's Services shall arrange safe and appropriate transport so that children, young people and their parents / carers can be where they need to be. This can be: - Planned regular journeys for children (e.g. school, college, alternative provision) - Unplanned occasional journeys for children or relatives (e.g. contact meetings) Children's Social Work teams arrange regular journeys per term-time with half of those journeys requiring an escort, provided by the taxi firm. On occasions we may require a specialist taxi vehicle to meet needs. Except for one case, these journeys were to or from educational settings. In addition, there are ad-hoc journeys for children--and occasionally for a parent carer--which may involve travel to schools or other destinations. ### Planning Information Where competition is identified following this market engagement any dates and service requirements may be subject to change. A questionnaire is available through the Atamis portal. To register your interest and access the questionnaire, please follow this link to the Atamis portal: Atamis - https://solihull.my.site.com/s/ & Supplier_User_Guide.pdf . The project reference is SOL30057 and the closing date for submission of the completed questionnaire is: 12:00hrs 11th March 2026 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012607-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 11 Feb 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 May 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 May 2026 - 31 May 2028 | | 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 | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | SOLIHULL | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B91 3QB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull | | Local authority | Solihull | | Electoral ward | St Alphege | | Westminster constituency | Solihull West and Shirley | | Delivery location | TLG32 Solihull | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60120000 - Taxi services ## Release History - 11 Feb 2026 at 17:02 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012607-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012607-2026 11th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://solihull.my.site.com/s/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## 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-064e5e. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5e.json.