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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 4 hours ago Contract notice

Taxi Driver Knowledge Tests

Open United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer Sheffield City Council

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
16:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€23,607
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

28 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,132 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 26 days (median of its last 12 calls for tender).

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

A local authority wants a supplier to provide a secure, web-based test delivery service supporting its Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers Licence process. The platform will be used to administer online knowledge tests to applicants in a controlled and auditable way, producing consistent results and supporting fair assessments. The supplier must offer a robust platform together with appropriate support, maintenance and assurance of test integrity. Tests are taken by applicants on infrastructure provided by the authority, hosted on its premises, with its staff carrying out all checking and invigilation processes. The contract runs for an initial period of 12 months, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period.

Description

The provision of a secure, web-based test delivery service to support the Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Drivers Licence process. The service will be used to administer online knowledge tests to applicants in a controlled and auditable way, producing consistent results and supporting fair assessments. The Council is going to market to identify a supplier that can provide a robust platform, appropriate support and maintenance, and assurance of test integrity. Test will be taken by applicants on infrastructure provided by the Council and hosted on Council premises with Council staff providing all checking and invigilation processes. The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extended for an additional 12-month period.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €23,607.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Education & training.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 21 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €25,269 and €113,421.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 77 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 352 awards for Education & training in United Kingdom.

This notice
€23,607
Median award
€52,506
Middle half of past awards
€25,269 to €113,421

The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Sheffield City Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
77
awards
59
awarded in total
€62.2M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
44
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%
of its calls state an estimated value
86%

Based on 50 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Education & training - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Shannon Trust 14 €1.6M Sep 2026
TWA Certifications Ltd 10 €333,401 Sep 2026
Kinetic Youth Ltd 7 €750,548 Sep 2026
Fareport Training Organisation Limited 7 €44,953 Aug 2026
QA LIMITED 6 €2.0M Sep 2026

Based on 432 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

6 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 13% of the open notices in Education & training across Europe.

open now in Education & training
1,403
median open notice
€280,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
319
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
125

Based on 433 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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