AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicester City Council published an award notice for transport services associated with “37394 - FSD SPORTS ACADEMY”. The notice records an active award to hansom taxis, following a mini-competition under DPS PAN3059 for passenger transport services.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded, valued at £24,570 (GBP), with a stated period from 26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Market significanceThis is a relatively small passenger-transport award made through an existing dynamic purchasing system. The published notice does not disclose bid numbers, evaluation results or pricing detail.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
hansom taxis
90% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-bb142800-1fed-4b78-b66a-59b9ff5314a8-1 · 24570 GBP · active award
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The award names “hansom taxis” as supplier and records an award value of £24,570.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source status complete
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The record is labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”, with process stage “award”, display status “awarded” and source status “complete”.
Award record status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-bb142800-1fed-4b78-b66a-59b9ff5314a8-1 has status “active”.
Contract execution
98% confidenceNot explicitly evidenced
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The supplied award notice gives an active award and contract-period dates but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£24,570 GBP
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The tender and the single active award each state a value of 24,570 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the single published award
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One award is supplied, with one named supplier and an award value of £24,570.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The active award date is 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026, 10:14 BST
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The award notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-20T10:14:19+01:00.
Tender deadline
99% confidence20 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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The tender period end date is 2026-10-20T09:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract start
99% confidence26 October 2026
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The award and tender contract period state a start date of 2026-10-26T00:00:00Z.
Stated contract end
99% confidence31 July 2028
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The award and tender contract period state an end date of 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
91% confidenceTransport services for “37394 - FSD SPORTS ACADEMY”
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The notice title is “37394 - FSD SPORTS ACADEMY” and describes provision of transport services, with the journey stated in the notice title.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 60120000 — Taxi services
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The tender classification identifies CPV 60120000 as Taxi services.
Additional classification
99% confidenceCPV 60170000 — Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
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The notice lists CPV 60170000 as an additional classification.
Delivery area
98% confidenceEast Midlands, United Kingdom
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The tender item gives the delivery region as 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 notice states that the contract was awarded following a mini-competition under the Council’s DPS PAN3059.
Procurement method detail
99% confidenceOther
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The source field procurementMethodDetails is “Other - ”.
Tender 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 information
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Evaluation and award rationale
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
99% confidence26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028
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The published contract period gives these start and end dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SME and VCSE suitability flags
98% confidenceSME: false; VCSE: false
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The tender suitability fields state sme false and vcse false.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market route
91% confidenceAccess to comparable Leicester passenger-transport work may depend on participation in DPS PAN3059.
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This award was made via a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s Passenger Transport Services DPS PAN3059.
Commercial transparency
98% confidenceThe published £24,570 total does not include a rate card, journey volume, pricing breakdown or service-frequency detail.
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Information not supplied in the published notice beyond the total award value and broad transport classification.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceThe published supplier name is unverified
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Supplier identity status is checked_unmatched following a completed Companies House workflow; no safe company match, verified legal name or company number was supplied.
Supplier source detail
99% confidenceThe supplier party address is recorded only as “.”
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The source supplier party has streetAddress “.” and no usable locality, region, postal code or country.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceBid count, evaluation, award rationale, detailed journey specification, lot allocation and pricing detail are not supplied in the published notice.
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Information not supplied in the supplied notice data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier identity workflow completed without finding a safe Companies House match. “hansom taxis” is therefore an unverified published supplier name, not a Companies House-verified legal identity.
- The source supplier address is only “.” and provides no usable location information.
- Information on bids received, tenderers, scoring, evaluation, award rationale, detailed journey requirements, rate structure, service volumes and individual pricing is not supplied in the published notice.
- No lot records or lot titles are supplied.
- The notice provides a stated contract period but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
- No extension, option or formal renewal terms are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leicester City CouncilFSD Sports Academypassenger transport servicestaxi servicesPAN3059hansom taxisContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the FSD Sports Academy transport award?
The published award names hansom taxis. The supplied identity-check result is checked_unmatched, so no verified legal company identity is available.
What is the value of the award?
The published value is £24,570 GBP.
How was the requirement procured?
The notice says it followed a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s DPS PAN3059 for Passenger Transport Services.
When is the stated contract period?
The published period runs from 26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028. The notice does not explicitly evidence 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.