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Taxi and Private Hire Testing Service

Trafford Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 20:37.

Opportunity overview

Contract to carry out inspections of existing and proposed hackney carriage and private hire vehicles to ensure that they meet the standards of fitness as set out in: (a) the Trafford Council Manual of Inspections ; and (b) the Vehicle Inspectorate MoT Inspection Manual.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

KAR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES LTD

Matched by number
Published award value
£800k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 10052179
Location
Salford, UKD34, M50 2QL, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
16512
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Following an unsuccessful Invitation to Tender, where the two bids received were non compliant, the outcome was non award of the competitive procedure and switching to a direct award. A UK12 Notice was published in error to advise termination of the tender process. There is no income or expenditure to to Council as a result of awarding this contract.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
switchingDirectAward

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Trafford Council
Id
GB-PPON-PGZW-1429-QQZQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGZW-1429-QQZQ

Address

Street Address
Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M32 0TH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD34

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
KAR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES LTD
Id
GB-COH-10052179

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
10052179

Address

Street Address
N2 Buffalo Court
Locality
Salford
Postal Code
M50 2QL
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD34

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71632000
Description
Technical testing services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
800,000
Amount
800,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-10052179
Name
KAR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES LTD

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
21 Jun 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
21 Jun 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Option to extend for a further three years, in 12 month increments

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
092525-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
30 Sept 2026, 15:57
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
30 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD34 · M32 0TH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 092525-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·