AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicester City Council awarded a £10,179 passenger transport services requirement to SKYLINE TAXIS following a mini-competition under its PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS. The notice describes taxi and driver-operated passenger transport services in the East Midlands.
Published outcomeThe published award record is active, with an award date of 14 October 2026. The award record gives a contract period from 26 October to 31 December 2026; the tender-level record instead gives a start date of 20 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a small-value, short-duration call-off style award under a passenger transport DPS. The published material does not state bidder numbers, evaluation results, route details or pricing structure.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SKYLINE TAXIS
90% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-284a375c-a1b8-4df1-a58f-343b8d37f7f6-1 · £10,179 GBP · Awarded supplier; identity unverified
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The award lists SKYLINE TAXIS as supplier and gives a £10,179 award value. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Process notice_type and award document title.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-284a375c-a1b8-4df1-a58f-343b8d37f7f6-1 has status 'active'.
Award date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot explicitly evidenced as signed
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The supplied record is an award notice and contains no explicit signature or contract-execution field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£10,179
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Award value amount is 10179 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceAllocated to the single published award
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One award is supplied, naming one supplier and carrying the £10,179 value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026, 13:04 BST
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Award document datePublished is 2026-10-14T13:04:02+01:00.
Tender deadline
99% confidence14 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-10-14T09:00:00+01:00.
Award-record contract start
98% confidence26 October 2026
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Award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z.
Contract end
99% confidence31 December 2026
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Award and tender contract-period end date is 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Primary service
99% confidenceTaxi services
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Primary CPV 60120000 is Taxi services.
Additional service classification
99% confidenceHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
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Additional CPV 60170000.
Procurement route
98% confidenceMini competition under PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS
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Notice description states the contract was awarded following a mini competition under the Council's DPS PAN3059.
Delivery region
95% confidenceEast Midlands, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address identifies East Midlands, United Kingdom.
Journey or route
98% confidenceNot published in the supplied data
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The notice refers to a journey stated in its title, but the supplied title is '37383 - CONTACT' and provides no route details.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure detail
96% confidenceOther; mini competition under a dynamic purchasing system
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procurementMethodDetails is 'Other - '; description identifies a DPS mini competition.
Competition metrics
99% confidenceNot published
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No tenderer count, bid count, scores or evaluation results are supplied.
Tendering position at award
99% confidenceNo longer seeking tenders
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Notice additional information states that at the point of award, tenders are no longer being sought.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published contract period
98% confidence26 October 2026 to 31 December 2026
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Award-level contractPeriod provides these dates.
Tender-level start date
98% confidence20 October 2026
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Tender contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension or renewal provisions are supplied.
Pricing structure
99% confidenceNot published
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Only the total award value is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route to market
97% confidenceThe award demonstrates use of Leicester City Council's passenger transport DPS for a taxi-services requirement.
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Notice description explicitly identifies a mini competition under PAN3059.
Commercial scale
94% confidence£10,179 total published award value over a short published term.
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Award value is £10,179 and the award-level period ends 31 December 2026.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceSupplier name is unverified
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Companies House workflow completed with status checked_unmatched; no verified company name or number was supplied.
Start-date inconsistency
99% confidenceTwo different start dates are published
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Tender-level contract period starts 20 October 2026, while award-level contract period starts 26 October 2026.
Unpublished award detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No lot title, route, bidder count, evaluation outcome, pricing breakdown, extension terms or signature information is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier identity is unresolved: SKYLINE TAXIS was checked but no safe Companies House company match was found; it must not be treated as Companies House-verified.
- The published records conflict on contract start date: 20 October 2026 at tender level and 26 October 2026 at award level.
- The notice does not publish the journey/route despite referring to it, nor does it publish lot detail, bid counts, evaluation results, prices or extension terms.
- An award notice and active award status do not explicitly evidence that a contract was signed.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leicester City CouncilSKYLINE TAXIStaxi services contractPAN3059passenger transport services DPSContracts FinderEast Midlands
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Leicester City Council's 37383 - CONTACT award?
The published award names SKYLINE TAXIS. The supplied supplier-verification result is checked_unmatched, so the name is unverified.
What is the value of the award?
The published award value is £10,179.
When does the contract run?
The award record states 26 October to 31 December 2026. The tender-level record separately states a 20 October 2026 start date.
How was the requirement procured?
The notice states it was awarded after a mini competition under Leicester City Council's PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS.
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