AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
West Sussex County Council awarded an active £29,892.85 taxi-services award for Route 65013, transporting four seats and one passenger from Cuckfield to The View School, Edenbridge. The named supplier is GATE CARS LTD.
Published outcomeAward announcement published; the award record is active. The source records an award date of 20 August 2026 and a stated service period from 27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Market significanceThis is a small, single-supplier school-transport-related taxi services award made through a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GATE CARS LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-ae9c8744-13eb-49f6-a621-dab984fb7a59-1 · 29892.85 GBP · Verified legal supplier; named on active award
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The award names GATE CARS LTD as supplier. Supplier verification records an exact-name match to company number 15227772 and verified company name GATE CARS LTD.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Document description and release history both state “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award record status is “active”.
Award date
99% confidence20 August 2026
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Award record date: 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract period
99% confidence27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Award and tender contractPeriod specify these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£29,892.85
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The award value is 29892.85 GBP; the tender value matches this amount.
Value allocation
91% confidenceSingle named supplier; no lot allocation published
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One supplier is named on the sole award; no lots are supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender deadline
99% confidence13 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-13T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence20 August 2026
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Award date field: 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated start date
99% confidence27 August 2026
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Contract period startDate: 2026-08-27T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated end date
99% confidence31 July 2027
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Contract period endDate: 2027-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice document datePublished: 2026-10-15T15:49:07+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceWSCC Route 65013: Cuckfield to The View School, Edenbridge – 4 seats, 1 passenger
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Process title states this route and capacity/passenger description.
Service classification
99% confidenceTaxi services (CPV 60120000)
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Primary tender classification is CPV 60120000, Taxi services.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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mainProcurementCategory is services.
Delivery geography
83% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom; a delivery postcode of PO19 1RQ is also published
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Tender items list South East/United Kingdom and PO19 1RQ as delivery addresses.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective
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Tender procurementMethod is selective.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceCall-off from a dynamic purchasing system
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states this explicitly.
SME suitability
99% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability
99% confidenceNot marked suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
99% confidence27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Published contractPeriod in both tender and award records.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route-level opportunity
89% confidenceThe title identifies a specific school route and limited capacity, indicating a narrowly defined transport requirement.
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Process title specifies Route 65013, the Cuckfield-to-Edenbridge route, four seats and one passenger.
Route to market
94% confidenceSuppliers seeking comparable work may need access to the buyer’s relevant dynamic purchasing system, because this award was a DPS call-off.
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Published procedure detail is “Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system”.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Notice timing
99% confidenceThe award notice was published after the stated award date and contract start date.
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Award date is 20 August 2026, stated start is 27 August 2026, and notice publication is 15 October 2026.
Contract execution evidence
99% confidenceThe source is an active award notice and provides a contract period, but does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed.
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The supplied document is an award notice; no signature or execution field is provided.
Delivery location precision
98% confidencePublished delivery-location fields are mixed: South East/United Kingdom is supplied alongside postcode PO19 1RQ, which also matches the buyer postcode.
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Tender delivery addresses list PO19 1RQ and South East/United Kingdom; buyer address also lists PO19 1RQ.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source does not explicitly confirm contract signature or execution; this analysis treats the record as an active award notice, not confirmed signed-contract evidence.
- Information on bids received, evaluation criteria, scoring, incumbent supplier, pricing breakdown and reasons for award is not supplied in the published notice.
- No lot structure, lot titles or individual lot allocation is published.
- Extension, renewal and option terms are not supplied; the indicative re-procurement timing is only an estimate based on the stated end date.
- Delivery-location data is imprecise because the published delivery postcode matches the buyer postcode while the route title identifies Cuckfield and Edenbridge.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
GATE CARS LTDWest Sussex County CouncilRoute 65013taxi servicesdynamic purchasing systemschool transportContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Route 65013 award?
GATE CARS LTD is the named and verified supplier.
What is the published award value?
£29,892.85.
When is the stated service period?
27 August 2026 to 31 July 2027.
What procedure was used?
A selective call-off from a dynamic purchasing system.
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.