AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Surrey County Council has published a contract details notice for SEND enhanced-needs transport (Lot 2), covering taxi/MPV vehicles with 1–8 passenger seats. The notice records MPCars as the source-named supplier for award 1.
Published outcomeAward 1 is active and is linked to contract 1, which is recorded as active and signed on 8 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold, limited-competition light-touch services award worth £34,780 gross at contract level.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
MPCars (unverified source supplier name)
90% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 2716 · £34,780 gross is recorded for the linked contract; no supplier-specific allocation is separately published. GBP · Active award; linked active contract
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Award 1 names "MPCars" as supplier and relates to lot 2716. Contract 1, linked through awardID 1, has value amountGross 34780 GBP.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice type and contract document both state "Contract details notice on Find a Tender".
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete
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The tender status is "complete" and the process source status is "complete".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status "active".
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 8 October 2026
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Contract 1 has status "active" and dateSigned "2026-10-08T00:00:00Z".
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is "2026-10-12T00:00:00Z".
Contract end
99% confidence31 July 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is "2028-07-31T23:59:59Z".
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£34,780 gross
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Contract 1 value records amountGross 34780 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidenceContract-level value linked to award 1; no separate lot or supplier allocation published
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The contract contains the value, while award 1 and lot 2716 have no value amount in the supplied data.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
99% confidence8 October 2026, 10:21:45 +01:00
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Process published_at and contract document datePublished are "2026-10-08T10:21:45+01:00".
Contract signed
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is "2026-10-08T00:00:00Z".
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is "2026-10-12T00:00:00Z".
Contract end
99% confidence31 July 2028
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Contract 1 period endDate is "2028-07-31T23:59:59Z".
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceSEND client transport services: Lot 2 enhanced-needs transport using taxi/MPV vehicles with 1–8 passenger seats
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Tender title and description state "Lot 2 Enhanced Needs Transport - Taxi/MPV (1-8 passenger seats) - SEND".
Lot
99% confidenceLot 2716
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Award 1 relatedLots and items both identify lot "2716".
Service classification
99% confidenceCPV 60000000 — Transport services (excluding waste transport)
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Award item 2716 includes CPV 60000000 with this description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceLimited
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Tender procurementMethod is "limited".
Competition description
99% confidenceBelow threshold - limited competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states "Below threshold - limited competition".
Regime
99% confidenceLight touch
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Tender specialRegime includes "lightTouch".
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence12 October 2026 to 31 July 2028
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Contract 1 period records these start and end dates.
Duration
95% confidenceApproximately 21 months and 19 days
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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 12 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Signature
99% confidenceRecorded as signed on 8 October 2026
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Contract 1 explicitly provides dateSigned "2026-10-08T00:00:00Z".
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
98% confidenceOne active award is linked to one active contract and one identified lot.
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Award 1 relates to lot 2716; contract 1 references awardID 1.
Commercial visibility
97% confidenceA total gross contract value and contract dates are published, but no pricing breakdown, individual lot value or evaluation detail is provided.
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Contract 1 contains £34,780 gross and dates; the supplied award and lot records have no value amounts, and no evaluation information is present.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceMPCars is an unverified source supplier name, not a Companies House-verified legal entity.
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supplier_identity_status is "checked_unmatched" and verified_company_name is null following a completed lookup.
Lot metadata limitation
98% confidenceLot 2716 has no separately published title, description or value in the structured lot record.
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The lot record has null title, description, value_amount and currency; the broader tender description identifies the service scope.
Competition and evaluation limitation
99% confidenceBid counts, tenderers, scoring and award rationale are not supplied in the published notice data.
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No such fields or information are present in the supplied record.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- MPCars is a source-named supplier with checked_unmatched identity status; no safe verified legal company name or company number was supplied.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, other tenderers, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale and pricing breakdown.
- No individual lot value is published; the £34,780 gross value is recorded at linked contract level.
- The structured lot record does not publish a separate lot title or description, although the tender description identifies the relevant SEND transport scope.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are published; any post-end-date market timing is only an estimate based on the recorded contract end date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Surrey County CouncilSEND transportenhanced needs transporttaxi MPV transportMPCarsFind a TenderLot 2716
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Surrey County Council's SEND transport award?
Award 1 names MPCars. This is an unverified source supplier name because the completed identity-matching workflow found no safe company match.
What is the value and duration of the contract?
The linked contract has a published gross value of £34,780 and runs from 12 October 2026 to 31 July 2028.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract data explicitly records a signature date of 8 October 2026.
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.