AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
East Sussex County Council has published an active award for a passenger-assisted saloon taxi service operating on Wednesdays to Fridays between the stated Sussex postcodes. The award names VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED as supplier and reports a total value of £88,622.
Published outcomeOne active award was published to VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED. The record reports an award date of 12 October 2026 and a contract period from 14 October 2026 to 31 July 2029.
Market significanceThis is a specialised, single-supplier school/passenger transport requirement with passenger-assistant and safeguarding-related operational requirements. The published value is £88,622 for the award as a whole.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED
96% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-e8d6a3ec-d683-47a9-afc4-5ad13e974594-1 · 88622 GBP · active
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The award identifies source supplier “Vics transport”. Supplier verification maps this to VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED (company number 14534790); the active award value is £88,622.
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 status
98% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-e8d6a3ec-d683-47a9-afc4-5ad13e974594-1 has status “active”.
Award date
98% confidence12 October 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period reported
97% confidence14 October 2026 to 31 July 2029
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The award and tender contract-period fields report these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£88,622
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Award ocds-b5fd17-e8d6a3ec-d683-47a9-afc4-5ad13e974594-1 reports value.amount 88622 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
91% confidenceSingle-award value; no lot allocation published
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One supplier is named in one award, while no lots or individual pricing breakdown are supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Opportunity notice published
99% confidence7 October 2026
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Tender datePublished is 2026-10-07T16:50:53+01:00; release history identifies an opportunity notice on that date.
Submission deadline
99% confidence12 October 2026, 10:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-10-12T10:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence12 October 2026
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The award date is 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The award datePublished and award-notice document date are 2026-10-14T17:05:51+01:00.
Reported contract start
97% confidence14 October 2026
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The award contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Reported contract end
97% confidence31 July 2029
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The award contractPeriod endDate is 2029-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service category
99% confidenceTransport services (excluding waste transport)
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Primary CPV classification is 60000000, described as “Transport services (excl. Waste transport)”.
Service requirement
97% confidencePassenger-assisted saloon taxi transport
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The title and description specify taxi/MPV passenger assistance; the vehicle type is stated as saloon and a passenger assistant is required.
Operating schedule
96% confidenceWednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 09:00–11:45
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The description states this frequency and daily school time.
Route
96% confidenceFrom TN39 4SB to TN21 9DB on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and to BN26 6TX on Fridays
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The published description states the origin and day-specific destinations.
Operational requirement
94% confidenceChild locks on doors stated
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The operator comments include “Child locks on doors.”
Delivery geography
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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The tender item’s delivery address specifies United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The process procurement_method is “selective”.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceRestricted procedure (above threshold)
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The tender procurementMethodDetails field states “Restricted procedure (above threshold)”.
SME suitability
95% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs
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Tender suitability.sme is true.
VCSE suitability
95% confidenceNot marked suitable for VCSEs
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Tender suitability.vcse is false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
97% confidence14 October 2026 to 31 July 2029
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Award contractPeriod start and end dates are published.
Extensions and 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
Market opportunity profile
94% confidenceSpecialist passenger transport with a required passenger assistant and a limited three-day weekly schedule
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The description specifies a passenger assistant, saloon vehicle, and operation on Wednesday to Friday only.
Award structure
98% confidenceOne published active award to one supplier
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The record contains one award and names one supplier.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier-name reconciliation
98% confidenceThe source name “Vics transport” differs from the verified legal name VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED; the verified legal name is used in this analysis.
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Supplier verification returned a resolved normalised-name match to company number 14534790 and flags nameMismatch as true.
Published information gaps
97% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes lot titles, bid numbers, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, extension terms and payment terms.
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No such fields are present in the supplied award, lot or tender data.
Contract execution evidence
94% confidenceThe active award and contract-period dates are published, but no explicit signed-contract evidence is supplied.
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The supplied documents comprise an award notice and an SProc.net link; neither is provided as explicit contract-signature evidence.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No explicit signed-contract document or signature evidence is supplied; the analysis therefore describes a published active award and reported contract period, not a signed contract.
- No lot structure, individual lot values, bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown, payment terms, or extension provisions are published.
- The source supplier name is “Vics transport”, while verification identifies VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED. The verified legal name is used, but the source naming difference remains a limitation.
- The stated passenger needs and operational comments are drawn from the published description; no further service specification is supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
East Sussex County CouncilVIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITEDtaxi transport awardpassenger assistantschool transportContracts Findertransport services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the East Sussex County Council taxi passenger-assistant award?
The published award names VIC'S TRANSPORT LIMITED, verified as company number 14534790.
What is the published value of the award?
The award value is £88,622.
When does the reported contract period end?
The published contract period ends on 31 July 2029.
Is there evidence that the contract was signed?
No explicit signed-contract evidence is supplied; the record is an active award notice with reported contract dates.
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.