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Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC

Secure Transport Services for Children and Young People.

TransportCPV 60100000
ValueEst. £7.4m–£8.2m
Deadline
Published7 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide

Est. £7.4m–£8.2m — from 5 comparable contracts

Who to contact
Jessica Thomas
procurement@rctcbc.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£7.8mtotal contract value
median £64k
this tender£0£8.4m

This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Positioned on the mid-point of the notice's published range. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC has published 4 Transport Services notices, about every 4 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.

61% of Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The Council, on behalf of the Children's Commissioning Consortium Cyrum (4C's) is undertaking preliminary market engagement to identify suitably capable and experienced secure transport providers for the secure transportation of children and young people, on behalf of Welsh Local Authorities.

Due to the anticipated value and infrequent nature of the requirement, the Council does not currently intend to establish a framework or award a public contract, in regards to the Procurement Act 2023 as part of this exercise.

This market engagement is being carried out for information-gathering purposes only and is intended to help the Council better understand the availability, capability and experience within the market.

The intention is to develop a list of capable suppliers for use by Welsh Local Authorities for secure transport provision.

The provision of secure transportation services for children and young people must be delivered in a manner that safeguards and promotes the welfare of the child or young person receiving the service.

Providers should note that this is a specialist service and will be expected to meet the requirements of the Welsh Government’s Reducing Restrictive Practices Framework.

Providers will be required to have the following traing and practices in place: Safeguarding training and safeguarding procedures.

Behaviour management training and approaches.

Safe recruitment and robust employment checks.

Safehold training and de-escalation techniques.

Risk management, and safeguarding processes.

Understanding and implementation of the restrictive practice framework.

Ability to meet children's individual needs through appropriate resources, activities, and equipment.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The provision of secure transportation services

The provision of secure transportation services for children and young people must be delivered in a manner that safeguards and promotes the welfare of the child or young person receiving the service.

02

Providers should note that this is

Providers should note that this is a specialist service and will be expected to meet the requirements of the Welsh Government’s Reducing Restrictive Practices Framework.

03

Providers will be required to have

Providers will be required to have the following traing and practices in place:.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Safeguarding policyPolicies & commitments
Safeguarding training and safeguarding procedures.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06df2b
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
075321-2026
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