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37371 - THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL SCHOOL

Leicester City Council

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15 Oct 2026 at 10:31

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Summary of the contracting process

Leicester City Council has procured passenger transport for a journey identified as “The Children’s Hospital School”. The requirement is for taxi services, including passenger transport vehicles supplied with a driver, rather than a general school transport service. The work is associated with the East Midlands and is intended to serve the named hospital school journey. The Council is the buyer, and the service is a transport contract. The procurement sits within the Council’s wider passenger transport services dynamic purchasing system, through which it conducts competitions for individual transport requirements. This award therefore provides a specific example of the Council buying a taxi journey for a school-related destination, rather than a broad fleet or network operation.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to SKYLINE TAXI following a mini-competition under the Council’s passenger transport dynamic purchasing system. The process used an open procedure. The award date was 15 October 2026, and the contract runs from 26 October 2026 to 31 July 2028. The awarded contract value is £25,857. The tender deadline was 15 October 2026. The data identifies one journey requirement and gives no separate lot structure. It records suitability for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. No evaluation criteria are stated in the procurement details, so the basis on which bids were compared cannot be described beyond the mini-competition route and open procedure.

For taxi operators, this award demonstrates a Council requirement for a defined passenger journey linked to The Children’s Hospital School, rather than a large general transport contract. A credible competitor would need to provide dependable, driver-led passenger transport suitable for the specified journey and to operate within Leicester City Council’s passenger transport purchasing arrangements. The Council ran this requirement as a mini-competition within its dynamic purchasing system, so familiarity with that route and the ability to respond to individual journey competitions are commercially relevant. The procurement was marked suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, indicating that smaller specialist operators could be relevant competitors. The selected supplier was SKYLINE TAXI; the award does not identify particular vehicle specifications, passenger needs or service standards, so those should not be assumed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

37371 - THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 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) Additional information: At the point of award, we are no longer seeking tenders.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-7ac3c020-ec67-4bb8-a2d8-16b31ff545de
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68c93a7f-2135-45f6-9fd0-cc3cde1fd89c
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
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
£25,857 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£25,857 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
26 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
TLF East Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SKYLINE TAXI

Further Information

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