AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Leicestershire County Council awarded a wheelchair-accessible school transport service from Coalville to Birkett House School to BD RIDE LTD. The published award value is £34,000.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded to BD RIDE LTD following an open procedure.
Market significanceA small-value, single-supplier transport-services award for a specified SEN school journey.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BD RIDE LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-d3b39891-b383-40c3-822b-f0a0cbe549bb-1 · 34000 GBP · active
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Verified legal supplier name: BD RIDE LTD (company number 14860799); award names source supplier as BD Ride Ltd and records £34,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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Published document is titled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award record status is “active”.
Award decision date
98% confidence13 August 2026
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Award record date: 2026-08-13.
Notice publication date
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-20T16:13:24+01:00.
Contract signature status
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied award notice does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£34,000
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The award value is 34000 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the single recorded award and supplier
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One award names one supplier and records a value of £34,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence13 August 2026, 23:59 BST
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Tender period end date: 2026-08-13T23:59:00+01:00.
Award decision date
98% confidence13 August 2026
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Award date: 2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00.
Award-record contract start
99% confidence24 August 2026
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Award contractPeriod startDate: 2026-08-24T00:00:00+01:00.
Award-record contract end
99% confidence31 August 2027
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Award contractPeriod endDate: 2027-08-31T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-20T16:13:24+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceWheelchair-accessible vehicles between Coalville and Birkett House School
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Notice title and description: “SEN19694 wheelchair accessible vehicles Coalville TO Birkett House School”.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Main procurement category is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence60000000 — Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
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Primary CPV classification provided in the tender data.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceEngland, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address specifies England, United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Procurement method details: Open procedure.
Number of bids
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Evaluation scores and award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
SME suitability flag
96% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.sme is false.
VCSE suitability flag
96% confidenceNo
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Award-record term
99% confidence24 August 2026 to 31 August 2027
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The award contract period specifies these dates.
Extension or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier award
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The single published award identifies one supplier.
Commercial scale
99% confidence£34,000 published award value
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The award value is £34,000.
Service focus
94% confidenceSpecialist accessible passenger transport
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The stated requirement is wheelchair-accessible vehicles for a school route, classified as transport services.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting contract end dates
99% confidenceThe tender-level contract period ends on 30 July 2027, while the award-level contract period ends on 31 August 2027.
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Tender contractPeriod endDate is 2027-07-30T23:59:59+01:00; award contractPeriod endDate is 2027-08-31T23:59:59+01:00. This analysis reports both rather than selecting an unsupported end date.
No lot allocation published
99% confidenceNo lots or lot-level value allocation are supplied.
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Lots dataset is empty and the award has no lot IDs.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published data contains conflicting contract end dates: 30 July 2027 at tender level and 31 August 2027 at award level.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale, detailed vehicle/service specification, extension options, pricing breakdown and contract signature date.
- No lots, lot titles or lot-level values are published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
BD RIDE LTDLeicestershire County Councilwheelchair-accessible vehiclesschool transportCoalvilleBirkett House Schooltransport servicesContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the SEN19694 wheelchair-accessible vehicles award?
BD RIDE LTD, verified to company number 14860799, is the sole supplier named on the published award.
What is the published value of the award?
The published award value is £34,000.
When does the service period end?
The award record gives 31 August 2027, but the tender-level record gives 30 July 2027; the published data is inconsistent.
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.