AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicester City Council announced an active award to HANSOM TAXI for passenger transport services linked to the Royal School journey. The award followed a mini-competition under DPS PAN3059.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded, valued at £83,012, with service dates stated from 2 November 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Market significanceThis is a relatively small, route-specific taxi/passenger-transport award under Leicester City Council’s passenger transport DPS.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
HANSOM TAXI
84% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-83984db8-1877-4543-8817-2aa142d616d3-1 · 83012 GBP · Active award
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The award lists supplier "HANSOM TAXI" and an award value of GBP 83,012.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source record marked complete
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Process display_status is "awarded", source_status is "complete", and the notice type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award status
98% confidenceActive award
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Award ocds-b5fd17-83984db8-1877-4543-8817-2aa142d616d3-1 has status "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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The award date is 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature status
99% confidenceUnknown
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No explicit signed-contract field or contract signature date is supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£83,012
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The tender and sole recorded award each state a value of 83,012 GBP.
Value allocation
92% confidenceAllocated to the sole recorded award
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One award is supplied, with one listed supplier and an award value of GBP 83,012.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026, 13:13 BST
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The award notice document datePublished is 2026-10-14T13:13:59+01:00.
Tender deadline
99% confidence14 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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The tender period end date is 2026-10-14T09:00:00+01:00.
Stated service start
99% confidence2 November 2026
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The contract period start date is 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z.
Stated service end
99% confidence31 July 2028
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The contract period end date is 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
91% confidenceTransport services for the journey identified as Royal School
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The notice title is "37364 - ROYAL SCHOOL" and description states that it is for transport services for the journey stated in the title.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 60120000 — Taxi services
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The primary tender classification is CPV 60120000, described as Taxi services.
Additional classification
99% confidenceCPV 60170000 — Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
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The tender additional classification is CPV 60170000.
Delivery area
94% confidenceEast 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% confidenceMini-competition under DPS PAN3059 — Passenger Transport Services
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The description states that the award followed a mini-competition under the Council's DPS PAN3059.
Published procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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The tender procurementMethodDetails field states "Open procedure".
Bidding availability at award
99% confidenceNo longer seeking tenders
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The notice states: "At the point of award, we are no longer seeking tenders."
Competition data
99% confidenceNumber of bids and evaluation outcomes unknown
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No bidder count, scores, ranking, pricing comparison, or evaluation narrative is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated contract period
99% confidence2 November 2026 to 31 July 2028
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The supplied contract period gives these start and end dates.
Approximate stated duration
94% confidence637 days
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Calculated from the supplied start date of 2 November 2026 and end date of 31 July 2028.
Extension or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension, option, or renewal terms are supplied.
SME and VCSE suitability flags
95% confidenceSME: yes; VCSE: yes
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The tender suitability fields state sme=true and vcse=true.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market route
94% confidenceSuppliers seeking similar work would need to engage with Leicester City Council’s Passenger Transport Services DPS PAN3059.
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The notice says the award followed a mini-competition under DPS PAN3059 and directs taxi firms to the Council’s tendering information.
Commercial structure
90% confidenceA single route-specific passenger transport requirement is represented by one active award.
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The description identifies a journey-specific service and the supplied data contains one award and one supplier.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceThe published supplier name HANSOM TAXI could not be safely matched to a Companies House company record.
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supplier_identity_status is "checked_unmatched"; verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null; lookup decision is "still_unmatched".
Award versus concluded contract
99% confidenceThe source supports an active award and stated service period, but does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
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An active award is supplied, while no signed-contract field or signature date is present.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation results, detailed route specification, pricing breakdown, lot allocation, and extension terms.
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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier name HANSOM TAXI is a source-supplied, unverified name: the completed Companies House workflow found no safe company match.
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bidder numbers, bid prices, evaluation scores, detailed route requirements, lot allocation, extension terms and a pricing breakdown.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leicester City CouncilHANSOM TAXIRoyal School transporttaxi servicespassenger transportDPS PAN3059Contracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the Royal School transport award?
The award notice names HANSOM TAXI. The source-supplied name remains unverified because no safe Companies House match was found.
What is the value of the award?
The published award value is £83,012.
When is the stated service period?
The notice states 2 November 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Was this a new open tender?
The notice says the award followed a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s Passenger Transport Services DPS PAN3059, while the published procedure field says open procedure.
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