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Provision of Passenger transport Services
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 9 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Council offers travel assistance for SEN Children and Vulnerable Adults between home and school/day care where the social care provision for that individual allows for it.
Under the Light Touch regime, an Approved Provider List is being set up to have a pool for vehicles and drivers to assist us with routes.
The purpose of the Routes are to transport eligible individuals to and from their chosen destination safely and on time or at a time to suit the needs of the service requirements.
This Must be in a provision that is clean, correctly maintained, appropriate to user needs and driven by courteous and respectful drivers who can attend to their specific needs, supported when required by passenger assistants.
This Service delivers our statutory requirement to its users and includes transporting children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) assessed
as needing transport to and from school/college as well as Vulnerable Adults and/or Vulnerable Children travelling to and from Day Centres, Resource Bases, and/or other establishments as part of their agreed social care provision.
This service is subject to local and national pressure to improve assurances to the community regarding safeguarding vulnerable individuals. The overriding consideration for Luton Council is the safety of the children and vulnerable people in our care. Any Provider will be expected to ensure the highest standards in this regard.
Providers shall comply with this Service Specification as applicable to each Lot and their relevant Passengers.
There are currently 4 Lots included within this Framework Agreement:
Lot 1 Ad-hoc Transport Services (adults or children - social care related)
Lot 2 Planned Children Transport Services
Lot 3 Planned Adult Transport services
Lot 4 Routine Medical Transport Services (non-emergency) (adults or children - health related)
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 60130000
- 60170000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
5 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 17 Oct 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 17 October 2025.
Release 066174-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 26 Nov 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 26 November 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Tue 6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT.
Release 077279-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 1 Dec 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 1 December 2025. Stated change: LOT description added.
Deadline in this release: Tue 6 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT.
Release 078647-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 28 Apr 2026Notice
Notice published 28 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 038741-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 9 Sep 2026Notice
Notice published 9 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 085411-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ce8c
- Source
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- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Wed 16 Sep 2026, 08:17 BST
- Read at
- Wed 28 Oct 2026, 17:35 GMT
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