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ID: 37356 - KEYHAM LODGE SCHOOL

Leicester City Council

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01 Oct 2026 at 12:13

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Summary of the contracting process

Leicester City Council commissioned passenger transport for a journey associated with Keyham Lodge School. The requirement is taxi transport, including transport by a passenger vehicle with a driver. The recorded delivery location is England; no more specific destination is identified. The Council is the buyer, and the service supports travel to or from the named school. The procurement sits within the Council’s passenger transport services activity, specifically taxi services. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises were considered suitable for this type of work. The stated requirement concerns a particular school journey rather than a general taxi service across the Council’s wider transport network.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Skyline Taxis following a mini-competition under the Council’s dynamic purchasing system for passenger transport services. The award date was 1 October 2026. The awarded value is £23,517. The contract period runs from 5 October 2026 to 31 July 2028. The invitation to submit tenders closed on 1 October 2026 at 09:00. This was a services procurement, and the published information does not set out the evaluation criteria or explain how bids were scored. The award is recorded as active. There is one selected supplier and one school-journey requirement; no separate lot awards are described.

This award demonstrates demand from Leicester City Council for school-related taxi transport arranged through a mini-competition in its passenger transport dynamic purchasing system. A credible competitor for a comparable requirement would need to provide passenger transport and driver services suited to a defined school journey, with the operational capacity to deliver the service reliably across the contract period. The award went to a taxi supplier, showing that a specialist taxi business can meet this requirement. The Council marked small and medium-sized enterprises as suitable, so smaller operators were considered capable of competing, alongside larger firms. Businesses focused on school transport and able to respond to mini-competitions within the Council’s passenger transport purchasing route are the closest fit; this is not a general opportunity for unrelated transport services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ID: 37356 - KEYHAM LODGE SCHOOL

Notice Description

This contract is for the provision of transport services - journey stated in the title of this notice. It has been awarded following a Mini Competition under Council's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) PAN3059 - Passenger Transport Services. To find out more about this DPS and how to provide taxi services to the Council, please see Taxi firms tendering for contracts (leicester.gov.uk)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-191f0de7-030b-469a-a8c6-7855952b9270
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02f733a5-6ce2-4875-ba26-f294518bc9d5
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other -
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60120000 - Taxi services

60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£23,517 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£23,517 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Oct 20266 days ago
Contract Period
5 Oct 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicester City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE1 1FZ
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF21 Leicester
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SKYLINE TAXIS

Further Information

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