Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support Services

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) issued by Westminster City Council (WCC) who is a public local authority and a Contracting Authority for the purpose of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The PIN has been issued for operators to be aware of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)s planned intention to procure the provision of passenger transport taxi services for vulnerable children, young people and adults across both boroughs ("the Services").

This PIN shall not be used as a means for the call for competition for the Services. A market sounding questionnaire has been published, inviting feedback from providers in the market to outline their level of interest and capacity in relation to this future opportunity.

The market sounding questionnaire also allows you to register interest in attending a virtual event to find out more about this future tendering opportunity. The event is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 19th October at 11am.

The market sounding questionnaire can be accessed through our sourcing platform capitalEsourcing and therefore you will be required to fill out a registration form if you are not already registered with capitalEsourcing .Please use the link below to redirect you to capitalEsourcing's home page where you will find a link in bold for Supplier Registration. https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml

Please find the market engagement questionnaire in capitalEsourcing by searching for prj_WCC_19576 - Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care & Support. The deadline to submit the market sounding questionnaire is Friday 15th October.

Additional information: A market sounding questionnaire is jointly issued by Westminster City Council (WCC) and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), seeks to obtain market feedback in relation to the procurement of Passenger Transport (Taxis): Travel Care and Support Services for Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults.

This is not a call for competition but is a request for early market engagement only. Interested providers are asked to complete the attached market sounding questionnaire and return it via the messaging inbox by 12 noon 15th October 2021.