Barnes Heath House transport services award | Leicester City Council

Tender information last checkedLast checked 21 Oct 2026, 12:21.

Opportunity overview

This contract is for the provision of transport services - journey stated in the title of this notice. It has been awarded following a Mini Competition under Council's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) PAN3059 - Passenger Transport Services. To find out more about this DPS and how to provide taxi services to the Council, please see Taxi firms tendering for contracts (leicester.gov.uk)

Awarded to

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Azoom Taxis

Match pending…

Published award value: £9.3k
Awarded: 20 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV60120000 — Taxi services
CPV60170000 — Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: LEICSCITY02-DN833207-01627356
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 60120000
Description: Taxi services

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 60170000
Description: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Tender Period

Ends: 21 Oct 2026, 09:00

Contract period

Starts: 23 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Jul 2028, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: East Midlands
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-49436
Name: Leicester City Council

Identifier

Legal Name: Leicester City Council

Address

Street Address: City Hall, 115 Charles Street
Locality: Leicester
Postal Code: LE1 1FZ
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: Enquiries-Taxi-Brokerage@leicester.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 116454

Details

Url: https://www.leicester.gov.uk ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-339353
Name: Azoom Taxis

Identifier

Legal Name: Azoom Taxis

Address

Street Address: .

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d-1
Status: active
Date: 21 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 10:52

Value

Amount: 9,348
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-339353
Name: Azoom Taxis

Contract period

Starts: 23 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Jul 2028, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7fa9ba9-50df-419d-b801-804cbb054211 ↗
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 10:52
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Leicester · LE1 1FZ · England
Delivery location · East Midlands · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

a7fa9ba9-50df-419d-b801-804cbb054211-918537Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 21 Oct 2026, 10:52

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Leicester City Council published an award for Barnes Heath House transport services following a mini-competition under its PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS. The published award names Azoom Taxis as supplier, but that name remains unverified because the completed Companies House matching workflow found no safe match.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded; source record marked completeEvidence: Process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", source status is "complete", and the notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d-1 has status "active".
Contract conclusion/signatureUnknownEvidence: The supplied award notice provides an active award and contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed or concluded.

93% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: a7fa9ba9-50df-419d-b801-804cbb054211-918537
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d
First published: 21 Oct 2026
Last checked: 21 Oct 2026, 12:21
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award was published, valued at £9,348 including no stated value basis, for a service period stated as 23 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.

Market significance

A small-value passenger transport award under an established council DPS, relevant to taxi and driver-provided passenger transport suppliers operating in the East Midlands.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Azoom Taxis

91% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d-1 · 9348 GBP · active award; supplier identity unverified

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The award names "Azoom Taxis" as its sole supplier and states an award value of GBP 9,348. Supplier verification status is "checked_unmatched".

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded; source record marked complete

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Process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", source status is "complete", and the notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d-1 has status "active".

Contract conclusion/signature

98% confidence

Unknown

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The supplied award notice provides an active award and contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed or concluded.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£9,348

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The tender value and the sole award value are both stated as amount 9348, currency GBP.

Value basis

99% confidence

Not stated

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No value basis is supplied in the process record.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

21 October 2026

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The award date is 2026-10-21T00:00:00+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

21 October 2026, 10:52 BST

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Award document datePublished is 2026-10-21T10:52:28+01:00.

Submission deadline

99% confidence

21 October 2026, 09:00 BST

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Tender period end date is 2026-10-21T09:00:00+01:00.

Stated service start

99% confidence

23 October 2026

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Tender and award contract period start date is 2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00.

Stated service end

99% confidence

31 July 2028

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Tender and award contract period end date is 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

91% confidence

Transport services for the journey identified as Barnes Heath House

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The notice describes provision of transport services and says the journey is stated in the notice title, "37406 - BARNES HEATH HOUSE".

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 60120000 — Taxi services

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Tender classification identifies CPV 60120000, described as Taxi services.

Additional classification

99% confidence

CPV 60170000 — Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

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Additional classification identifies CPV 60170000.

Delivery region

98% confidence

East Midlands, United Kingdom

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The tender item delivery address specifies East Midlands, United Kingdom.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Route to market

99% confidence

Mini-competition under PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS

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The description says the contract was awarded following a mini competition under the Council's DPS PAN3059.

Published procedure

98% confidence

Open procedure

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The process and tender fields state procurement method details as "Open procedure".

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bids and evaluation outcomes not published

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No bid count, bidder list, scores, rankings or evaluation narrative is supplied.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated contract period

99% confidence

23 October 2026 to 31 July 2028

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The tender and award contract periods state these start and end dates.

SME suitability flag

97% confidence

Yes

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Tender suitability specifies sme: true.

VCSE suitability flag

97% confidence

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Tender suitability specifies vcse: false.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Market route

93% confidence

Suppliers seeking similar work would need access to Leicester City Council's PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS.

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The award description identifies PAN3059 as the DPS used for the mini-competition and directs taxi firms to council information about tendering.

Commercial scale

94% confidence

The published £9,348 award is a low-value transport requirement over the stated period.

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The sole award value is £9,348 and the stated period runs from 23 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

93%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-5dd4c7eb-d8cd-46bc-9cf0-484f1e1ea36d
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Leicester City Council

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The process buyer name and buyer party legal name are Leicester City Council.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Leicester, England

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Buyer address lists Leicester, LE1 1FZ, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Published supplier name

94% confidence

Azoom Taxis (unverified)

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The source award and supplier party name Azoom Taxis. Supplier identity status is "checked_unmatched" after a completed matching workflow.

Published supplier scale

90% confidence

Large

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The supplier party details specify scale: large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated recompetition horizon

75% confidence

Around the stated end date of 31 July 2028, if the requirement continues

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The published contract period ends on 31 July 2028. No extension or renewal option is supplied.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity verification

99% confidence

Unverified supplier name

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Azoom Taxis has supplier_identity_status "checked_unmatched"; the completed Companies House workflow found no safe company match. No verified legal company name or company number is supplied.

Contract execution evidence

98% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

View supporting evidence

The source supports an active award and stated period, but contains no explicit confirmation of signed or concluded contract execution.

Competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

View supporting evidence

No bid count, tenderer identities beyond the awardee, scoring, ranking or award rationale is provided.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The supplier name Azoom Taxis was checked but could not be safely matched to a Companies House company; it is therefore presented as an unverified source name, not a Companies House-verified legal identity.
The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
No individual pricing breakdown, value basis, lot allocation, bid count, evaluation scoring, award rationale, extension option or renewal option is published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was named in the Barnes Heath House transport services award?

The published award names Azoom Taxis. The name is unverified because the completed matching workflow found no safe Companies House match.

What is the published value of the award?

£9,348.

When is the stated service period?

23 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.

What procurement route was used?

The notice says the award followed a mini-competition under Leicester City Council's PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS.

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.

37406 - BARNES HEATH HOUSE

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Azoom Taxis

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Additional Classifications

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Details

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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