AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust awarded scholars' bus-route services through an open below-threshold competition run by Kingston upon Hull City Council. The contract-details data records eight signed, active route contracts with Ellie Rose Travel Limited; separate award data also lists eight further active awards to Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited and Acklam's Coaches Limited, but no matching contract records for those awards are supplied.
Published outcomeEight signed contracts for Lots 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 were awarded to Ellie Rose Travel Limited. The supplied award dataset additionally records Lots 2–7 and 14 for Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited and Lot 16 for Acklam's Coaches Limited.
Market significanceThe published award data covers 16 bus-service and ad-hoc lots with stated award values totalling £1.525m; contract-detail records substantiate £760,000 net (£912,000 gross) across eight Ellie Rose Travel Limited contracts.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
3 supplier records analysed
ELLIE ROSE TRAVEL LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 · Lots LOT-0001 — Bus Service 938 / Scholar's Bus Routes Lot 1, LOT-0008 — Bus Service 961, LOT-0009 — Bus Service 962, LOT-0010 — Bus Service SMC1, LOT-0011 — Bus Service SMC2, LOT-0012 — Bus Service SMC3, LOT-0013 — Bus Service SMC4, LOT-0015 — Bus Service SMC6/959 · £760,000 net; £912,000 gross across eight signed contracts GBP · Active signed contracts recorded
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Each of the eight contract records is linked to an Ellie Rose Travel Limited award, is active, and states £95,000 net / £114,000 gross.
LINCOLNSHIRE ROAD CAR COMPANY LIMITED
88% confidenceAward 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14 · Lots LOT-0002 — Bus Service 940, LOT-0003 — Bus Service 941, LOT-0004 — Bus Service 955, LOT-0005 — Bus Service 957, LOT-0006 — Bus Service 958, LOT-0007 — Bus Service 960, LOT-0014 — Bus Service SMC5/956 · £665,000 across seven listed awards GBP · Active award records; no corresponding contract records supplied
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The extracted award and supplier data links this supplier to awards 2–7 and 14, each stated at £95,000. The supplied contract-details data does not contain contracts for these awards.
ACKLAM'S COACHES LIMITED
90% confidenceAward 16 · Lots LOT-0016 — Ad-hoc Service · £100,000 GBP · Active award record; no corresponding contract record supplied
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The extracted award and supplier data links award 16, titled Ad-hoc Service, to Acklam's Coaches Limited at £100,000. No matching contract record is supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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Tender status is "complete" and the Find a Tender record is displayed as awarded.
Award decision publication
95% confidence3 June 2026
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Release history records a Contract award notice published on 3 June 2026; the extracted award records use the same award date.
Signed contracts recorded
99% confidence8 contracts signed on 7 October 2026
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Contracts 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 each have dateSigned 2026-10-07 and active status.
Contract-details notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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The Contract details notice was published on Find a Tender on 9 October 2026.
VALUES
Published values explained
Signed-contract value evidenced
99% confidence£760,000 net / £912,000 gross
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Eight active Ellie Rose Travel Limited contracts each state £95,000 net and £114,000 gross.
Total stated value of all listed awards
92% confidence£1,525,000
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Fifteen extracted award records state £95,000 and award 16 states £100,000; this is a calculation from listed award values, not a published programme total.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice
98% confidence5 March 2026
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Release history records a Tender notice published on 5 March 2026.
Award notice
98% confidence3 June 2026
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Release history records the Contract award notice on 3 June 2026.
Recorded contract start
99% confidence7 October 2026
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All eight supplied contract records state a start date of 7 October 2026.
Initial contract end
99% confidence31 August 2028
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All eight supplied contract records state an end date of 31 August 2028.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence31 August 2030
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All eight supplied contract records state maxExtentDate 31 August 2030.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
94% confidenceScholars' bus routes and an ad-hoc service
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The procurement title is Provision of Scholars Bus Routes; listed awards identify bus services and Lot 16 as an Ad-hoc Service.
Service classification
99% confidenceHire of buses and coaches with driver
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Each supplied contract item is classified CPV 60172000.
Delivery area
95% confidenceHull (UKE11)
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The eight supplied contract items specify delivery addresses in UKE11.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure; below-threshold open competition
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The tender states procurementMethod open and procurementMethodDetails Below threshold - open competition.
Legal basis
99% confidenceProcurement Act 2023
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The tender legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 and the description states the procurement used the Act's open procedure.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence7 October 2026 to 31 August 2028
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This period is stated in each of the eight supplied contract records.
Extension provision
99% confidenceUp to 24 months in total, in periods of up to 12 months
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Each supplied contract record has hasRenewal true and gives this renewal description.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive for the eight supplied contract records
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Contracts 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 each have status active.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Route concentration in signed contracts
99% confidenceEllie Rose Travel Limited holds all eight contract records supplied
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All eight supplied active contracts are linked to Ellie Rose Travel Limited; this observation applies only to the contract records, not necessarily to all 16 listed awards.
Award values
95% confidenceMost listed awards are £95,000; the ad-hoc service is £100,000
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Awards 1–15 each state £95,000 and award 16 states £100,000.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award-to-contract coverage differs
99% confidenceThe extracted award dataset lists 16 active awards, while the supplied contract-details data contains only eight contracts, all for Ellie Rose Travel Limited.
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Award records cover IDs 1–16; contracts cover IDs 1, 8–13 and 15 only.
Uncontracted award records
99% confidenceNo corresponding contract records are supplied for Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited's seven listed awards or Acklam's Coaches Limited's Lot 16 award.
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Those supplier-linked award IDs are absent from the supplied contracts array.
Lot metadata
97% confidenceFormal lot titles and descriptions are not supplied for the eight contract-data lots.
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The supplied lot objects contain IDs and status but null titles and descriptions; route labels are drawn from award and contract titles.
Competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid counts, scores, ranking, evaluation rationale or pricing breakdown is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied source is internally incomplete at contract level: it lists 16 awards but supplies contract records for only eight awards.
- No contract value, dates, term or signing evidence is supplied for the eight award records not represented in the contracts array.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, evaluation results, award rationale, route specifications, pricing detail and lot-level formal descriptions.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trustscholars bus routesEllie Rose Travel LimitedLincolnshire Road Car Company LimitedAcklam's Coaches LimitedHull bus services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the signed contracts?
Ellie Rose Travel Limited received the eight signed contracts recorded in the supplied contract-details data.
What is the signed-contract value?
The eight recorded contracts total £760,000 net and £912,000 gross.
Are all listed awards supported by contract records?
No. Eight additional award records are supplied for Lincolnshire Road Car Company Limited and Acklam's Coaches Limited, but matching contract records are not supplied.
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.