AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
West Sussex County Council published an award notice for Route 60144, a taxi-service route from Shoreham-by-Sea to St Mary's School Horam for 4 seats and 1 passenger assistant. The published active award names TAXILINK and has a value of £76,803.86.
Published outcomeAn active award was recorded on 26 August 2026 following a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system. The published contract period is 2 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The source does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
Market significanceA small, specialised school-transport taxi services award in the South East, procured through a DPS call-off.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
TAXILINK
95% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-26fe3684-94ee-47c5-968c-3d400b641267-1 · 76803.86 GBP · active award
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The active award names TAXILINK as supplier and states a value of £76,803.86.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source process status complete and award status active
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The notice is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”; process source_status is “complete” and the award status is “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence26 August 2026
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Award record date: 2026-08-26T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period
98% confidence2 September 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Award and tender contractPeriod records specify these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£76,803.86
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The award value and tender value are both stated as 76803.86 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender response deadline
98% confidence19 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-19T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence26 August 2026
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Award date: 2026-08-26T00:00:00+01:00.
Published start date
98% confidence2 September 2026
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Published contractPeriod startDate: 2026-09-02T00:00:00+01:00.
Published end date
98% confidence31 July 2027
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Published contractPeriod endDate: 2027-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
98% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-15T16:14:29+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
97% confidenceRoute 60144: Shoreham-by-Sea to St Mary's School Horam, for 4 seats and 1 passenger assistant
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Published tender title and description.
Service classification
99% confidenceTaxi services (CPV 60120000)
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Primary tender classification is CPV 60120000, Taxi services.
Delivery area
88% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom; a PO19 1RQ delivery postcode is also published
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Tender deliveryAddresses list South East/United Kingdom and PO19 1RQ.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceSelective procedure; call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
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Published procurementMethod is “selective” and procurementMethodDetails is “Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system”.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
98% confidence2 September 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Award contractPeriod specifies the start and end dates.
Signature status
98% confidenceUnknown
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The source records an active award and contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Service profile
94% confidenceLow-volume assisted school transport requirement
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The route description specifies 4 seats and 1 passenger assistant.
Route to market
82% confidenceDPS call-off may indicate that supplier eligibility was established before this specific requirement was competed.
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The notice identifies the procedure as a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceUnverified supplier name
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The source supplier is TAXILINK, but the completed Companies House matching workflow returned checked_unmatched and no verified legal company name or number was supplied.
Award allocation
95% confidenceOne published award names one supplier and one award-level value
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The award names TAXILINK and states £76,803.86; no lots are published.
Published information coverage
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, award rationale, extension terms and renewal terms.
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No such fields appear in the supplied award, tender or notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- TAXILINK is a source-supplied supplier name with a checked_unmatched identity result; no safe Companies House legal-company match was supplied.
- The source records an active award, but does not explicitly evidence a signed contract.
- No lots, individual pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation details, award rationale, extension options or renewal terms were supplied.
- The published delivery information includes both a PO19 1RQ postcode and a South East regional address, without a more specific service-route location breakdown.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
West Sussex County CouncilRoute 60144TAXILINKtaxi servicesschool transportdynamic purchasing systemContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the Route 60144 award?
The published award names TAXILINK. Its legal company identity could not be verified from the supplied matching result.
What is the published value of the award?
£76,803.86.
When does the published contract period run?
From 2 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The source does not explicitly confirm signature.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.