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New Slough Car Club Network

Slough Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Slough Borough Council has announced plans to buy transport work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 5 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 3 November 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 7 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Slough Borough Council will be seeking to award a contract to an experienced Car Club operator to provide residents and businesses with a professional and value for money car club operation in the borough. This project is being created to publish the mandatory UK1 notice. The requirement of publishing a UK 1 Pipeline Notice on Local Authorities is to prepare the market of the councils intention to go to market. Suppliers will be notified of upcoming tenders via the CDP when the council issues either a UK 2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice or a UK 4 Tender Notice during this duration.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 046266-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

45

Awards

17

Suppliers it has used most for transport

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From notice 046266-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 20 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.