School and Social Care Transport

What the buyer is asking for

RBC are completing a Framework exercise for the provision of School and Social Care Transport - The tender is split into two lots: Lot 1 – school transport The Council has a statutory duty to provide free travel assistance to pupils who meet the qualifying criteria. Most of the pupils who qualify receive a bus pass. For children and young people with special educational needs and/or a disability may be eligible to bespoke travel arrangements, such as a taxi or minibus. There are currently 536 pre-16 and 90 post-16 learners receiving transport arranged by the local authority at a forecasted cost of £4.52m for the financial year 2025 – 2026. The current framework used to award contracts to deliver these bespoke arrangements is coming to an end and this is the Council’s opportunity to review how we procure the transport. Full details of the requirement can be found in the Specification at Annex 1. The tender documents contain proposals for the works. Lot 2 - ad hoc transport for children and young people known to social care. From time to time the Council requires transport for children and young people to attend appointments and activities or for when moving placements. Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal. Documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website by selecting the "View Details" button for the project. Expressions of interest will only be accepted until 23:59 07/10/2026. Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 50%qualityQualityThis procurement will be applying pass/fail and minimum standard criteria within the quality assurance question. The minimum standard is a score of 60% or higher.
• 50%pricePricingThe Bidders with the best cost and validated quality threshold to deliver the training outputs will be selected for the framework.

2 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• School Transport

  The Council has a statutory duty to provide free travel assistance to pupils who meet the qualifying criteria. Most of the pupils who qualify receive a bus pass. For children and young people with special educational needs and/or a disability may be eligible to bespoke travel arrangements, such as a taxi or minibus. There are currently 536 pre-16 and 90 post-16 learners receiving transport arranged by the local authority at a forecasted cost of £4.52m for the financial year 2025 – 2026. The current framework used to award contracts to deliver these bespoke arrangements is coming to an end and this is the Council’s opportunity to review how we procure the transport. Full details of the requirement can be found in the Specification at Annex 1. The tender documents contain proposals for the works.

• Ad hoc transport for children and young people known to social care

  From time to time the Council requires transport for children and young people to attend appointments and activities or for when moving placements.

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published20 days ago

   2 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST
2. Submission deadlinein 16 days

   7 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
3. Award decision expected byin 46 days

   6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice11 Mar 2026, 15:26 GMT021892-2026
2. Tender notice2 Sept 2026, 11:52 BST083000-2026

Documents

• biddingDocuments
• Tender notice on Find a Tender