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title: "37400 - SAINT MARTIN'S CATHOLIC ACADEMY"
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# 37400 - SAINT MARTIN'S CATHOLIC ACADEMY

Buyer: Leicester City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-344180f2-e959-4bd3-9322-4017f9b1507e

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## Summary

Leicester City Council commissioned passenger transport for a journey identified as “37400 - Saint Martin’s Catholic Academy”. The requirement is for taxi services and passenger vehicles supplied with a driver, serving the East Midlands. The procurement description identifies the school journey as the purpose, but does not detail the route or passenger numbers. The council used its passenger transport Dynamic Purchasing System to run a mini-competition for this individual journey. This is a defined transport service requirement rather than a general school transport programme; the relevant market is taxi and chauffeured passenger transport operators able to deliver the specified journey for the council.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to HANSOM AIRPORT TAXIS. The award was made on 26 October 2026, for £23,400. The contract period runs from 28 October to 16 December 2026. Leicester City Council ran a mini-competition under its Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System. The tender deadline was 26 October 2026 at 09:00. The published procurement information gives no particular scoring formula or selection criteria, so the evaluation basis cannot be stated beyond the mini-competition route. The opportunity was for one journey requirement, rather than a set of separately awarded lots. The council marked the service as unsuitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

For passenger transport operators, this award demonstrates Leicester City Council’s use of a dynamic purchasing system and mini-competitions to source taxi services for individual school journeys. A credible competitor would need to be eligible to participate through the council’s passenger transport system and able to provide a driver-operated vehicle for the journey serving Saint Martin’s Catholic Academy in the East Midlands. The buyer classified this requirement as unsuitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, and the successful supplier is identified as a large business. That points to a requirement best matched by an operator able to take on the council’s specified service as a complete journey. Experience providing dependable passenger transport for school journeys would be directly relevant to this buyer’s requirement.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc8f6683-663a-4102-8a5b-a285711768de |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 28 Oct 2026 - 16 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £23,400 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £23,400 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Leicester City Council |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Postcode area | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE1 1FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester |
| Local authority | Leicester |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Leicester South |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HANSOM AIRPORT TAXIS LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60120000 - Taxi services
- 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 10:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc8f6683-663a-4102-8a5b-a285711768de

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc8f6683-663a-4102-8a5b-a285711768de
  26th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.leicester.gov.uk

## Provenance

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