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CPU 5289 - LOT1 - FE - NCC2606

Nottingham City Council

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09 Sep 2026 at 09:53

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Summary of the contracting process

Nottingham City Council procured home-to-school transport for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), covering seven routes to multiple destinations. The requirement is for special-purpose passenger transport services, including the hire of passenger vehicles with drivers. Delivery is across England, with the buying organisation based in Nottingham. This is a passenger transport operation rather than a general school transport or vehicle-only supply requirement: relevant suppliers would need to provide or manage suitable vehicles and drivers for regular journeys between home and education destinations. The procurement is categorised as a services contract and is relevant to specialist school transport operators, taxi and private-hire businesses, community transport providers, and transport firms able to coordinate several SEND routes.

The procurement has been completed and awarded following an open procedure. The contract was awarded on 31 August 2026 to Rushcliffe Travel, DG Cars and Central Cars jointly. The award value is £155,800, in addition to the original tender estimate of £25,000. The awarded contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The wider tender period was intended to cover 7 August 2026 to 31 July 2028, while the award records a shorter delivery period. The procurement covered one lot and seven routes. The published outcome identifies three SME suppliers. The award information does not state a separate quality, price or social-value weighting, so the available process detail is the open procedure and the resulting multi-supplier award.

This award demonstrates established demand from Nottingham City Council for coordinated SEND home-to-school transport across multiple routes and destinations. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need dependable passenger vehicles with drivers, the operational capacity to run several routes, and the ability to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities safely and consistently. Local knowledge of Nottingham and surrounding journeys would be commercially useful, as the selected suppliers are Nottingham-area transport businesses. The outcome also shows that smaller transport operators can participate in this type of requirement, although the tender’s suitability data did not identify it as specifically suited to SMEs. Businesses should therefore assess their fleet, driver availability, safeguarding and day-to-day route-management arrangements against the service need.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CPU 5289 - LOT1 - FE - NCC2606

Notice Description

Home to school SEND transport for multiple destinations 7 routes in total

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c7e209e9-4e60-4249-9ede-2ddddaff4c4d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cf095ba5-5a5d-495b-9adf-1d83de8487b3
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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£25,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£155,800 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 6-12 months
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
Nottingham City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG2 3NG
Postcode Area
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
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
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Rushcliffe Travel LTD

DG Cars

Central Cars

Further Information

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