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Opportunity overview
Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington &
Chelsea are seeking to engage with the market ahead of a competitive procurement for community transport services supporting older people who experience mobility, health or other barriers to using public transport.
The service aims to promote independence, reduce loneliness and isolation, improve wellbeing, and enable older people to access shopping, social, leisure and community opportunities.
The proposed services across Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea include:
• shopper services;
• transport to Age Well Centres;
• flexible transport for trips, outings and community activities;
• volunteer-led and paid driver car schemes; and
• transport supporting wider Older People’s Day Opportunity Services.
The anticipated contract term is five years, with an option to extend for up to a further three years and six months.
This event follows preliminary market engagement undertaken in 2025 and is intended to update the market ahead of the forthcoming procurement. The previous preliminary market engagement notice was published on 7 August 2025 under notice reference 2025/S 000-047034. The previous notice can be viewed on Find a Tender. [047034-2025
An online market engagement event will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 10:30am to 11:45am.
The event will include an overview of:
• the proposed services and delivery model;
• the anticipated procurement timetable;
• the proposed contract arrangements; and
• the intended procurement approach.
Suppliers wishing to attend should register their interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer procurement portal and search for:
SQ_30226 - Community Services Transport for Older People - Market engagement event EOI
Joining instructions for the online event will be issued to registered suppliers through Jaggaer.
This engagement exercise does not constitute a call for competition, a commitment to undertake the procurement or a pre-qualification process. Participation is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement.
Classification
CPV60140000 — Non-scheduled passenger transport
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
An online market engagement event will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 10:30am to 11:45am.
The event will include an overview of:
the proposed services and delivery model;
the anticipated procurement timetable;
the proposed contract arrangements; and
the intended procurement approach.
Suppliers wishing to attend should submit an expression of interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer procurement portal and search for:
SQ_30226 - Community Services Transport for Older People - Market engagement event EOI
Joining instructions for the online event will be issued through Jaggaer to suppliers that have registered their interest.
No clarification questions are required as part of the expression of interest. The expression of interest is solely to register attendance at the market engagement event.
Participation is voluntary and does not constitute a call for competition or pre-qualification process. Participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in the subsequent procurement.
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Due
21 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
095168-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1E 6QP · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI32 · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI33 · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
1
ocds-h6vhtk-0583a7-2025-08-07T16:21:54+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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095168-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage market engagement for planned community transport services for older people in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea. The councils are seeking supplier feedback before any competitive procurement; this is not an open tender.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for community transport, accessible passenger transport, volunteer/paid-driver car schemes, and services for older people. Formal bidder eligibility and selection requirements are unknown.
Key points identified
Market engagement registrationSuppliers wishing to attend must register interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer portal, using SQ_30226.Evidence: “Suppliers wishing to attend should register their interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer procurement portal and search for: SQ_30226 - Community Services Transport for Older People - Market engagement event EOI”
Supplier selection requirementsUnknown; no tender selection or award requirements are stated.Evidence: The notice states that the exercise is not a pre-qualification process.
Participation statusParticipation in the market engagement is voluntary and does not affect any subsequent procurement.Evidence: “Participation is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement.”
93% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.
Early-stage market engagement for planned community transport services for older people in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea. The councils are seeking supplier feedback before any competitive procurement; this is not an open tender.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for community transport, accessible passenger transport, volunteer/paid-driver car schemes, and services for older people. Formal bidder eligibility and selection requirements are unknown.
Key deliverables
Shopper transport services
Transport to Age Well Centres
Flexible trips, outings and community activities
Volunteer-led and paid-driver car schemes
Transport supporting Older People’s Day Opportunity Services
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Market engagement registration
99% confidence
Suppliers wishing to attend must register interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer portal, using SQ_30226.
View supporting evidence
“Suppliers wishing to attend should register their interest through the Westminster City Council Jaggaer procurement portal and search for: SQ_30226 - Community Services Transport for Older People - Market engagement event EOI”
Supplier selection requirements
97% confidence
Unknown; no tender selection or award requirements are stated.
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The notice states that the exercise is not a pre-qualification process.
Participation status
99% confidence
Participation in the market engagement is voluntary and does not affect any subsequent procurement.
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“Participation is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement.”
Eligibility criteria
95% confidence
Unknown.
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No eligibility criteria are provided in the supplied notice.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Anticipated contract term
98% confidence
Five years, with an option to extend by up to three years and six months.
View supporting evidence
“The anticipated contract term is five years, with an option to extend for up to a further three years and six months.”
Opportunity value
72% confidence
Up to £2,890,000 stated in the supplied opportunity record; basis and whether this is total contract value are not stated in the notice text.
The event will cover “the proposed contract arrangements.”
Delivery
Service area
99% confidence
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, London.
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“The proposed services across Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea include…”
Intended beneficiaries
99% confidence
Older people experiencing mobility, health or other barriers to using public transport.
View supporting evidence
“community transport services supporting older people who experience mobility, health or other barriers to using public transport.”
Delivery model
98% confidence
Proposed model includes shopper services, Age Well Centre transport, flexible community trips, car schemes and support for day opportunity services.
View supporting evidence
Listed proposed services in the notice.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procurement stage
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage market engagement / planned procurement; bidding is not open.
View supporting evidence
Process status is planning/upcoming; the notice describes engagement “ahead of a competitive procurement.”
Engagement event
99% confidence
Online event on 21 October 2026, 10:30am to 11:45am.
View supporting evidence
“An online market engagement event will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 10:30am to 11:45am.”
Call for competition
99% confidence
No. This notice is not a call for competition or commitment to procure.
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“This engagement exercise does not constitute a call for competition, a commitment to undertake the procurement or a pre-qualification process.”
Future procurement route and timetable
96% confidence
Unknown; these are intended to be discussed at the engagement event.
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The event will include “the anticipated procurement timetable” and “the intended procurement approach.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
No live tender
99% confidence
This is voluntary market engagement only; no competition, submission deadline or award opportunity is currently open.
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The notice explicitly says it is not a call for competition or pre-qualification process.
Future scope and terms may change
97% confidence
The delivery model, contract arrangements, timetable and procurement approach are proposed/anticipated and may change before procurement.
View supporting evidence
The notice describes proposed services and says the event will cover anticipated and intended arrangements.
Source-date inconsistency
99% confidence
The supplied process publication timestamp is 7 August 2025, while the supplied document is notice 095168-2026 published 8 October 2026. The description also identifies 7 August 2025 as the date of a previous engagement notice.
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Supplied metadata and notice description.
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