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C325CL: Dene Magna School to Wigpool

Gloucestershire County Council

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29 Jul 2026 at 12:13

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Summary of the contracting process

Gloucestershire County Council procured home-to-school transport for the route between Dene Magna School and Wigpool. The requirement is a passenger transport service, covering non-scheduled journeys, special-purpose road passenger transport and passenger vehicles supplied with a driver. The work is categorised as a service and is delivered in England, supporting pupils travelling to and from school. This is a local authority transport requirement rather than a general public bus operation, so relevant suppliers are operators able to provide planned school journeys on a dedicated route. The buying organisation is Gloucestershire County Council, based at Shire Hall in Gloucester.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded through an open procedure. The award was made on 25 June 2026 to Newent Association for the Disabled, also trading as NAD Contracts Ltd. The awarded value is £142,500 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract period runs from 3 September 2026 to 31 July 2029. The tender submission deadline was 23 June 2026 at 08:00, so the opportunity is being reported as an concluded procurement rather than a current competition. The requirement was treated as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The published outcome identifies one awarded supplier and one route.

This award demonstrates an established requirement for dedicated home-to-school passenger transport on a defined Gloucestershire route. A credible future competitor would need to operate passenger vehicles with drivers, organise reliable non-scheduled school journeys and understand the practical demands of transporting pupils between a named school and its surrounding community. The procurement was explicitly suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises, and the selected supplier is both an SME and a VCSE. That indicates the requirement can be delivered by a smaller specialist operator or community transport organisation, rather than only by a large national fleet business. Relevant experience in school transport, dependable route delivery and appropriate vehicle and driver capacity would be commercially important when this requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

C325CL: Dene Magna School to Wigpool

Notice Description

Home to school transport

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-4e4865a0-1783-4161-a38a-5f8d0e17a776
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d9886245-9929-401e-8acc-b6419e9478ec
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60112000 - Public road transport services

60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport

60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£142,500 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£142,500 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
25 Jun 20263 months ago
Contract Period
3 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 2-3 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
Gloucestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
GL1 2TH
Postcode Area
Gloucester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
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
Gloucester
Electoral Ward
Westgate
Westminster Constituency
Gloucester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Newent Association for the Disabled also t/as NAD Contracts Ltd

Further Information

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