AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
West Sussex County Council awarded a taxi-services route for transport from East Grinstead to Maidenbower Infants School (4 seats and 1 passenger assistant) to Forge Mobility Services Limited.
Published outcomeAn active award of £38,627.21 was recorded on 20 August 2026. The published record gives a service period from 27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, route-specific school transport services award made through a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED
98% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-c5c7c935-e6dc-418b-a2fd-9cd3a19660f6-1 · 38627.21 GBP · verified supplier; award active
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The award names source supplier “FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LTD”. Supplier verification identifies the legal name as FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED (company number 08284509) by exact-name match. The award value is £38,627.21 and there is one named supplier.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source record complete
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Process display status is “awarded”; source status is “complete”; document type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-c5c7c935-e6dc-418b-a2fd-9cd3a19660f6-1 has status “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence20 August 2026
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Award date: 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award record does not provide a signature or execution field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£38,627.21
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Award value amount is 38627.21 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceAward-level value allocated to the sole named supplier
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The award lists one supplier, FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LTD, and one award value of £38,627.21.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
98% confidence13 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period end date: 2026-08-13T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence20 August 2026
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Award date: 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Published award notice
98% confidence15 October 2026, 16:00 BST
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Award notice date published: 2026-10-15T16:00:49+01:00.
Published contract period
98% confidence27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Award and tender contract period fields specify start 2026-08-27 and end 2027-07-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceTransport route from East Grinstead to Maidenbower Infants School for 4 seats and 1 passenger assistant
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Process title and description state: “WSCC Route 52072 East Grinstead to Maidenbower Infants School - 4 seats, 1 PA”.
Service classification
99% confidenceTaxi services (CPV 60120000)
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Primary classification is CPV 60120000, “Taxi services”.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Main procurement category is services.
Delivery geography
88% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom; a delivery postcode of PO19 1RQ is also published
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Delivery addresses list South East, United Kingdom and postal code PO19 1RQ.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective
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Procurement method is “selective”.
Procurement route
99% confidenceCall-off from a dynamic purchasing system
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Procurement method details state “Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system”.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability field has sme: true.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information on bid numbers, bidders, evaluation criteria and scoring was not supplied in the published record.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published service period
98% confidence27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
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The award contractPeriod specifies these start and end dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied.
Contract execution
99% confidenceNot evidenced
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No signed contract, signature date or execution status is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-specific transport award
98% confidenceThe requirement is narrowly specified for a school transport route with 4 seats and 1 passenger assistant.
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The published title and description identify the route, school, capacity and PA requirement.
Route-to-market observation
99% confidenceThe buyer used a dynamic purchasing system call-off rather than an open procedure.
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Procurement method details state “Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system”; method is selective.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-versus-contract distinction
99% confidenceThe record is an awarded contract notice with an active award status, but signature/execution is not evidenced.
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Notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; award status is active; no signature data is supplied.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified
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Supplier verification status is verified, with an exact-name match to FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED, company number 08284509.
Delivery-location precision
88% confidencePublished delivery geography is incomplete or potentially inconsistent with the route description
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The route is described as East Grinstead to Maidenbower Infants School, while delivery fields give South East and postcode PO19 1RQ, which is also the buyer postcode.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes pricing structure, bid count, evaluation results, lot allocation, extensions and signed-contract evidence.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied record does not evidence a signed or executed contract, so the analysis does not describe the award as signed.
- The notice does not publish bid counts, bidder identities, evaluation criteria, scores, pricing breakdowns or reasons for award.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published.
- No lot identifiers or individual lot information are published.
- Delivery fields list PO19 1RQ and South East, while the requirement description refers to East Grinstead and Maidenbower Infants School; the exact operational delivery geography cannot be resolved from the supplied evidence.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Forge Mobility Services LimitedWest Sussex County Councilschool transportMaidenbower Infants Schooltaxi servicesdynamic purchasing systemContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded the WSCC Route 52072 contract?
Forge Mobility Services Limited, verified as company number 08284509. The source notice names FORGE MOBILITY SERVICES LTD.
What is the value of the award?
The published award value is £38,627.21.
When is the published service period?
27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Was the contract signed?
The supplied record does not provide evidence of contract signature or execution.
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