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Opportunity: UK-Wide Minibus Driver Training Services
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- Wed 30 Sep 2026, 23:59 BSTA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice. The source records Wed 30 Sep 2026, 23:59 BST, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 1 Sep 2026
- Region
- North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Salvation Army invites suitably qualified and accredited organisations to tender for the provision of minibus driver training across the UK and Northern Ireland.
The Salvation Army operates approximately 52 minibuses, subject to change, which support a diverse range of services and locations. Drivers include officers, employees and volunteers, and passengers may include vulnerable individuals with differing mobility and support needs.
The required service will include:
• new-driver theory and practical training;
• two-yearly refresher training;
• accessible-minibus and wheelchair equipment training;
• individual and group driver assessments;
• passenger safety, safeguarding, first aid and emergency procedures;
• certification of competent drivers;
• reassessment arrangements where required; and
• a live dashboard showing completed and forthcoming training.
The successful provider must demonstrate national delivery capacity, recognised accreditation, appropriately qualified instructors, relevant multi-site delivery experience, appropriate insurance, robust safeguarding arrangements and valid Enhanced DBS checks for instructors.
Who Should Apply:
We invite expressions of interest from established training providers with proven experience.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 80510000 80530000 80550000
- 80000000 80500000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 1 Sep 2026Notice
Notice published 1 September 2026.
Release b82b1b49-87ca-41e1-9d85-a5714f9d203c
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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08/ Related
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- Reference
- b82b1b49-87ca-41e1-9d85-a5714f9d203c
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Stage
- preprocurement · Open
- Last verified
- Thu 3 Sep 2026, 01:05 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 16:39 BST
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