Private Hire Vehicles for Children and Young People with SEND and Vulnerable Adults

This framework is let on behalf of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge. The local authority has a duty to make arrangements for all service users who cannot reasonably be expected to travel to school because of their mobility problems or because of associated health and safety issues relating to their special educational needs or disability (SEND). The contract covers the transportation of service users on various regular scheduled journeys using specialist vehicles.

Service users using the service are likely to be vulnerable and may suffer from a severe learning disability, have behaviour which can be challenging, have sensory or hearing difficulties, an autistic spectrum disorder or another physical disability. Because of these needs, all journeys will require that a passenger assistant be provided to accompany them.