AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Rutland County Council has awarded a bus-shelter maintenance requirement covering approximately 188 shelters across Rutland to CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED. The award notice records an active award, but the future signature date was still scheduled when published; the supplied data does not confirm that a contract had been signed.
Published outcomeAwarded to CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED (company number 09964786) for lot 1. The award value is £36,000 excluding VAT (£43,000 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold open-competition services procurement for planned and reactive bus-shelter maintenance, with a stated three-year period and an optional one-year extension in the original requirement.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 36000 excluding VAT; 43000 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Supplier verification identifies company number 09964786 and verified company name CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED. Award 1 names this supplier and reports £36,000 net and £43,000 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
99% confidence14 July 2026
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Release history records tender notice 066110-2026 released on 2026-07-14.
Award decision date
99% confidence23 September 2026
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Award 1 has date 2026-09-23.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Award notice 097070-2026 was published on 2026-10-14.
Award status
99% confidenceActive award
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Award 1 status is active.
Signature status
98% confidenceNot confirmed; future signature date scheduled for 16 October 2026
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Award milestone is futureSignatureDate, due 2026-10-16, with status scheduled.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidence£36,000
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Award 1 value.amount is 36000 GBP.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£43,000
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 43000 GBP.
Published maximum value
90% confidence£80,000
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Process-level value_max is 80000 GBP; no basis is supplied to reconcile this figure with the award value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Quotation deadline
99% confidence12 August 2026, 12:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-08-12T12:00:00+01:00.
Award decision
99% confidence23 September 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-09-23.
Scheduled contract signature
98% confidence16 October 2026
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Future-signature milestone is due 2026-10-16T23:59:59+01:00.
Stated contract start
98% confidence19 October 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod.startDate is 2026-10-19.
Stated contract end
98% confidence30 September 2029
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Award 1 contractPeriod.endDate is 2029-09-30.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceComprehensive planned and reactive bus-shelter maintenance for approximately 188 shelters throughout Rutland.
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Tender description.
Activities
99% confidenceInspections, repairs, graffiti removal, replacement of damaged components, lighting and RTPI maintenance, condition reporting, and asset-management support.
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Tender description.
Lot coverage
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 is related to lot 1; its item is also related to lot 1.
Delivery area
96% confidenceRutland / UKF2 region
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Award item delivery address is region UKF2; the procurement description states shelters are throughout Rutland.
Classification recorded on award item
99% confidenceCPV 34928400 — Urban furniture
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Award item additional classification.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition
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Process procurement_method is open.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - open competition
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Process procurement_method_details.
Tender status
99% confidenceComplete
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Tender and lot 1 statuses are complete.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of tenders and evaluation details not supplied in the published notice data.
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No bid-count, scoring, or evaluation fields are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Award-recorded term
98% confidence19 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
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Award 1 contractPeriod dates.
Original extension provision
97% confidenceThe tender description states a proposed three-year term with an optional one-year extension.
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Tender description.
Extension exercise
99% confidenceUnknown; no exercised extension or renewal decision is supplied.
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No extension decision is present in the supplied award data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Value interpretation
95% confidenceThe notice reports £36,000 excluding VAT and £43,000 including VAT for the award. This differs from the process-level £80,000 maximum value, whose basis is not stated.
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Award 1 value fields and process value_max.
Service profile
93% confidenceThe scope combines asset upkeep, reactive response, cleaning and passenger-information equipment maintenance, which may require both field-maintenance and reporting capability.
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Tender description lists these activities.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Contract conclusion
98% confidenceThe record contains an active award and stated contract-period dates, but signature was still scheduled at publication; signed-contract status is not evidenced.
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Award status is active; futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled for 16 October 2026.
Value basis
96% confidenceThe relationship between the £36,000 net award value, £43,000 gross award value and £80,000 process-level maximum value is not explained.
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Award value fields and process value_max.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no supplied title, description or separate lot value.
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Lot record contains null title, description and value_amount.
Publication coverage
99% confidenceBid count, award rationale, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown and detailed extension terms were not supplied in the published notice data.
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These fields are absent from the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied notice data does not confirm that the contract was signed; a future signature date was still scheduled at publication.
- The basis and relationship of the £80,000 process-level maximum value to the £36,000 net and £43,000 gross award values are not supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value in the supplied data.
- Information on tender responses, evaluation, award rationale, pricing breakdown, detailed performance requirements and exercised extension terms was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Rutland County CouncilCENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITEDbus shelter maintenanceRutland procurementbus shelter contract awardFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Rutland County Council's bus shelter maintenance award?
CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED, company number 09964786, is named as the verified supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the bus shelter maintenance award?
The award notice reports £36,000 excluding VAT and £43,000 including VAT. It also contains a separate process-level maximum value of £80,000, without explaining the relationship between the figures.
Has the contract been signed?
The supplied data does not confirm signature. The award notice records a future signature date of 16 October 2026 as scheduled.
When is the stated contract period?
The award record states 19 October 2026 to 30 September 2029.
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.