AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicester City Council published an award notice for a £64 passenger-transport service under its PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS. The source records one award to the unverified supplier name “hansom taxis” for a journey referenced only as “contact” in the notice title.
Published outcomeAward notice published; the award record is marked active. The supplied data does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed.
Market significanceThis is a very small, short-duration taxi/passenger-transport requirement procured through a mini-competition under an existing DPS.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
hansom taxis
82% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-bf652463-3838-4da3-8391-580443e63286-1 · 64 GBP · active
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The active award names “hansom taxis” as supplier and records a value of £64.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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Process stage is “award”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-bf652463-3838-4da3-8391-580443e63286-1 has status “active”.
Award date
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
98% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award notice provides an active award and contract period but no explicit signature or contract-conclusion field.
Planned service period
99% confidence28–29 October 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod specify start 2026-10-28 and end 2026-10-29T23:59:59Z.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£64
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The award value is 64 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceAllocated to the single recorded award
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One award is supplied, with one listed supplier and a £64 award value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender deadline
99% confidence20 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-10-20T09:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026, 09:15 BST
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Award notice datePublished is 2026-10-20T09:15:08+01:00.
Service start
99% confidence28 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z.
Service end
99% confidence29 October 2026
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Contract period endDate is 2026-10-29T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service category
99% confidenceTaxi services
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Primary CPV is 60120000, Taxi services.
Additional service category
99% confidenceHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
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Additional CPV is 60170000.
Requirement
90% confidenceTransport services for the journey stated in the notice title
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Notice description states that the contract is for transport services and that the journey is stated in the title; the title is “37379 - contact”.
Delivery area
99% confidenceEast Midlands, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address specifies East Midlands, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
99% confidenceMini-competition under PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS
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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
95% confidenceOther
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procurementMethodDetails is recorded as “Other - ”.
Tendering status at award
99% confidenceNo longer seeking tenders
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Notice additional information says that at the point of award the Council is no longer seeking tenders.
Bidder count and evaluation
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence28–29 October 2026
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The supplied contractPeriod starts on 28 October and ends on 29 October 2026.
Extension or option terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SME and VCSE suitability flags
95% confidenceSME: yes; VCSE: yes
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Tender suitability records sme true and vcse true.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial profile
99% confidenceLow-value, short-duration passenger-transport purchase
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The recorded award is £64 and the stated service period spans 28–29 October 2026.
Access route for prospective providers
93% confidenceParticipation appears linked to the Council’s PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS
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The notice directs interested taxi providers to information about tendering for the Council’s taxi contracts and identifies PAN3059 as the DPS used.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceSupplier name is unverified
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The supplier-verification result is checked_unmatched; no verified company name or company number was found or supplied.
Requirement detail limitation
98% confidenceJourney detail is not meaningfully published
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The description says the journey is in the title, but the supplied title is only “37379 - contact”.
Lot data
99% confidenceNo lots supplied
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The lots dataset is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
Competition and evaluation data
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, pricing breakdown, evaluation scores or award rationale is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The listed supplier name “hansom taxis” is unverified. The completed Companies House matching workflow did not identify a safe company match; no verified legal company name or number is supplied.
- The requirement’s journey is not meaningfully identifiable from the supplied title “37379 - contact”.
- No explicit evidence confirms contract signature or execution; the analysis reports an active award notice and stated service period only.
- Information on bids, evaluation, award rationale, price composition, extensions, renewal options and individual service specifications was not supplied in the published notice.
- No lot structure or lot allocation was supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Leicester City CouncilPAN3059Passenger Transport Services DPStaxi serviceshansom taxisContracts Finder awardEast Midlands passenger transport
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the Leicester City Council transport award?
The notice names “hansom taxis”. This is an unverified source supplier name: the supplied verification workflow found no safe company match.
What is the value of the award?
The single recorded award is valued at £64.
Was this awarded through an open tender?
The notice says it followed a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s PAN3059 Passenger Transport Services DPS.
When is the service scheduled to run?
The published contract period is 28–29 October 2026.
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.