How to win: UK02 - Preliminary market engagement notice - Community Services Transport for Older People

About this contract

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 Fin

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Westminster City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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