--- title: "College Transport Tender" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07952a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07952a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07952a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07952a.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "John Leggott Sixth Form College" published: "2026-11-02" --- # College Transport Tender Buyer: John Leggott Sixth Form College Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07952a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07952a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07952a.json) ## Summary John Leggott Sixth Form College intends to procure student transport to provide safe, reliable and efficient journeys to and from the College. The anticipated service comprises scheduled morning and afternoon journeys on multiple routes serving the College’s student catchment area. Suppliers would provide appropriately licensed and maintained vehicles, qualified drivers, and arrangements for safeguarding, passenger safety, service continuity, vehicle tracking and passenger management. The College is also considering vehicle capacity and standards, accessibility, environmental performance, onboard connectivity, College branding, operational communications, contingency planning and performance monitoring. Delivery is described across a number of UK regions, while the specific routes and operating requirements remain for the later procurement process to define. This is a transport services requirement (CPV 60000000). The process is at planning: the College has set out its intention to procure, but has not invited tenders. Preliminary market engagement with potential student transport providers has already taken place to understand market capacity and practical delivery considerations; taking part gives no advantage in any later evaluation. The College expects a separate formal procurement. Its anticipated value is £550,000 including VAT. The planned contract is expected to run from 1 September 2027 to 31 August 2032, with a possible extension to 31 August 2033. The requirement is planned as a single lot and is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. A future procurement notice was expected on 3 November 2026; this is the buyer’s anticipated publication date, not a supplier response deadline. This requirement is likely to suit passenger transport operators able to run scheduled, multi-route services for students and manage morning and afternoon operations reliably. Suppliers should be prepared to demonstrate access to appropriately licensed, maintained vehicles and suitably qualified drivers, along with robust safeguarding and passenger-safety practices. Operational capability will need to cover service continuity, vehicle tracking, passenger management, communications, contingency arrangements and performance monitoring. The College is considering vehicle capacity and standards, accessibility, environmental performance, onboard connectivity and College branding, so providers with adaptable fleets and the ability to meet such requirements may be well placed. The preliminary engagement has already allowed the College to explore supplier capacity and delivery approaches. Participation did not create an advantage in any later competition; suppliers can use the planning stage to prepare for a separate formal procurement. ## Notice John Leggott Sixth Form College intends to procure student transport services for the provision of safe, reliable and efficient transport for students travelling to and from the College. The anticipated requirement will comprise scheduled morning and afternoon transport services operating across a number of routes serving the College's student catchment area. The services are expected to include the provision of appropriately licensed and maintained vehicles and suitably qualified drivers, together with appropriate arrangements for safeguarding, passenger safety, service continuity, vehicle tracking and passenger management. The College is also considering requirements relating to vehicle standards and capacity, accessibility, environmental performance, onboard connectivity, College branding, operational communication, contingency arrangements and performance monitoring. The precise routes, vehicle capacities, service requirements and contractual arrangements will be confirmed as part of any subsequent procurement process. Preliminary market engagement is intended to assist the College in understanding market capacity and capability, operational considerations and potential approaches to delivering the requirement. Any subsequent procurement opportunity will be subject to a separate formal procurement process. ### Planning Information John Leggott Sixth Form College has undertaken preliminary market engagement with potential providers of student transport services in preparation for a forthcoming procurement. The engagement has been used to improve the College's understanding of market capacity and the practical delivery considerations associated with the proposed requirement. The preliminary market engagement does not form part of the formal tender evaluation and participation in the engagement does not confer any advantage upon a supplier in any subsequent procurement process. Relevant information necessary for suppliers to participate in any subsequent procurement will be made available through the formal procurement documentation. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103548-2026 | | 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 | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Nov 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 3 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Sep 2027 - 1 Sep 2032 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £550,000 | | 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 | John Leggott Sixth Form College | | Locality | SCUNTHORPE, | | Postcode area | Doncaster | | Postcode | DN17 1DS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | | ITL 3 | TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire | | Local authority | North Lincolnshire | | Electoral ward | Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens | | Westminster constituency | Scunthorpe | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 2 Nov 2026 at 09:37 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103548-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103548-2026 2nd November 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - 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-07952a. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07952a.json.