Leicester City Council taxi transport award: 37369 ELLESMERE(KFC)

Tender information last checkedLast checked 12 Oct 2026, 10:41.

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 Additional information: At the point of award, we are no longer seeking tenders

Awarded to

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skyline taxis

Match processing…

Published award value: £39.9k
Awarded: 11 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22-1
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-DN831631-46308234
Status: complete
Procurement Method Details: Other -
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: 12 Oct 2026, 09:00

Contract period

Starts: 26 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Jul 2028, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: No
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-50691
Name: Leicester City Council

Identifier

Legal Name: Leicester City Council

Address

Street Address: City Hall (4th Floor), 115 Charles Street
Locality: Leicester
Postal Code: LE1 1FZ
Country Name: England

Contact

Email: Enquiries-Taxi-Brokerage@leicester.gov.uk

Details

Url: https://www.leicester.gov.uk ↗

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-256486
Name: skyline taxis

Identifier

Legal Name: skyline taxis

Address

Street Address: skyline taxis

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22-1
Status: active
Date: 12 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 12 Oct 2026, 09:31

Value

Amount: 39,897
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-256486
Name: skyline taxis

Contract period

Starts: 26 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/2a5f685b-5bf2-4930-baf6-eeb1d71a9ba9 ↗
Published: 12 Oct 2026, 09:31
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

2a5f685b-5bf2-4930-baf6-eeb1d71a9ba9-917350Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 12 Oct 2026, 09:31

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 passenger transport journey 37369 - ELLESMERE(KFC) following a mini-competition under DPS PAN3059. The published award names “skyline taxis” as supplier, but that name is unverified because supplier matching found no safe company match.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source status completeEvidence: Process display status is “awarded”; source status is “complete”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award statusActive awardEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22-1 has status “active”.
Contract conclusionNot explicitly evidencedEvidence: The supplied record contains an award notice and stated contract period but no explicit signature or concluded-contract confirmation.

93% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 2a5f685b-5bf2-4930-baf6-eeb1d71a9ba9-917350
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22
First published: 12 Oct 2026
Last checked: 12 Oct 2026, 10:41
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: 12 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award was published on 12 October 2026 with an award value of £39,897 and a stated service period from 26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028. The notice is an award announcement; the supplied data does not explicitly confirm contract signature.

Market significance

This is a £39,897 taxi/passenger-transport award within Leicester City Council’s passenger transport DPS.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

skyline taxis (unverified source name)

94% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22-1 · 39897 GBP · Active award

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The award names “skyline taxis” as its sole supplier and records an award value of GBP 39,897.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source status complete

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Process display status is “awarded”; source status is “complete”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.

Award status

98% confidence

Active award

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Award ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22-1 has status “active”.

Contract conclusion

96% confidence

Not explicitly evidenced

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The supplied record contains an award notice and stated contract period but no explicit signature or concluded-contract confirmation.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£39,897

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The award value is recorded as 39897 GBP.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

12 October 2026

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Award date: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

12 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-12T09:31:11+01:00.

Stated contract start

99% confidence

26 October 2026

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Award and tender contract period start date: 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z.

Stated contract end

99% confidence

31 July 2028

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Award and tender contract period end date: 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

95% confidence

Transport services for the journey stated in the notice title: 37369 - ELLESMERE(KFC)

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Notice description states that the contract provides transport services for the journey in the title.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 60120000 — Taxi services

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Tender classification identifies CPV 60120000, Taxi services.

Additional classification

99% confidence

CPV 60170000 — Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

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The notice lists CPV 60170000 as an additional classification.

Delivery region

95% 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

98% confidence

Mini competition under Leicester City Council DPS PAN3059 — Passenger Transport Services

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

Procurement method detail

90% confidence

Other

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Tender procurementMethodDetails is recorded as “Other - ”.

Tender availability at award

98% confidence

No longer seeking tenders

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The notice states: “At the point of award, we are no longer seeking tenders.”

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated service period

99% confidence

26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028

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The published award contract period gives these start and end dates.

SME suitability flag

95% confidence

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Tender suitability.sme is false.

VCSE suitability flag

95% confidence

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Tender suitability.vcse is false.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Award structure

96% confidence

Single published award to one named supplier

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One award record identifies one supplier and one aggregate award value.

Market access route

88% confidence

Future suppliers may seek access through DPS PAN3059

View supporting evidence

The notice identifies PAN3059 as the Passenger Transport Services DPS and directs taxi firms to information on tendering for Council contracts.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

93%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-92ab3f5a-6eb9-4f5e-8ba5-ecd45efe7f22
Analysed: 12 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Leicester City Council

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The buyer party is identified as Leicester City Council.

Buyer location

96% confidence

Leicester, England

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Buyer address locality is Leicester and country is England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Published supplier identity

99% confidence

“skyline taxis” — unverified source name

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The supplier is named “skyline taxis” in the award, while supplier identity status is checked_unmatched and no verified company name or number is supplied.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated recompetition horizon

78% confidence

After the stated end date of 31 July 2028

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This is an estimate based solely on the explicit contract end date; no extension, renewal or reprocurement terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity quality

99% confidence

Unverified supplier name

View supporting evidence

The supplier verification result is checked_unmatched: the matching workflow completed without a safe company match for “skyline taxis”.

Publication completeness

96% confidence

The notice supports an award analysis, but not confirmation of a signed contract

View supporting evidence

An award notice, active award status, value and service dates are supplied; explicit signature evidence is not supplied.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published supplier name “skyline taxis” is unverified: the completed matching workflow found no safe company match, and no company number is supplied.
Information on tender submissions, bidder numbers, evaluation, pricing breakdown, lot allocation, award rationale and contract signature was not supplied in the published notice.
No extension, renewal or option terms were supplied; the recompetition horizon is only an estimate based on the stated end date.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who was named in the award?

The published award names “skyline taxis”. This remains an unverified source name because no safe company match was found.

What is the award value?

The published award value is £39,897.

Was this a signed contract?

The source is an award notice with an active award status. It does not explicitly confirm contract 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.

37369 - ELLESMERE(KFC)

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

skyline 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

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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