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Home to School Transport - Minibuses

Swindon Borough Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 08:07.

Opportunity overview

Home to School Transport - Minibuses for the period 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. Statutory service.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Swindon Community Action Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£1.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 12072603
Location
Swindon,, UKK14, SN4 0EU, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-058e93
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Direct Award - Urgency This is a transparency notice to inform the market that Swindon Borough Council is directly awarding a contract to Swindon Community Action Ltd for a period of 12 months from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. This direct award is made under Section 41(1)(a) and Schedule 5, Paragraph 13 and 14 (Urgency) of the Procurement Act 2023. In July 2025, Swindon Borough Council undertook a Further Competition process for the provision of Home to School Transport Minibus services via the Councils existing Dynamic Procurement System (DPS). However, the Council was unable to conclude the successful award of call off contracts due to a combination of non-compliant tenders (such as specification compliance and mobilisation date) and Best Value considerations, specifically the affordability to operate the services. The post tender clarification process relating to specification compliance, contract mobilisation and route acceptance, delayed the evaluation process. As a direct result of the failure to conclude the award of the call off contracts, the Council now has to arrange the delivery of the services that are considered strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency in time for the new school year. To minimise the number of routes to be directly awarded, existing contractual provisions for various Home to School transport contract extensions are being activated, however this leaves a total of 56 routes that need to be directly awarded for a total of £1,646,603.80 for a 12 month period. The proposed contract award will ensure continuity of these essential statutory services.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNPT-6195-XDWV
Name
Swindon Borough Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK14
Country
GB
Locality
Swindon
Postal Code
SN1 2JH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Civic Offices, Euclid St

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PNPT-6195-XDWV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-12072603
Name
Swindon Community Action Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKK14
Country
GB
Locality
Swindon,
Postal Code
SN4 0EU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Swatton Barn, Badbury,

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
12072603
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
60100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road transport services

Value

Amount
1,646,603.8
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,975,924.56

Documents

Entry 1
Id
051599-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
27 Aug 2025, 13:36

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12072603
Name
Swindon Community Action Ltd

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
28 Aug 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Swindon · UKK14 · SN1 2JH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-058e93-2025-08-27T13:36:39+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·