--- title: "Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "East Sussex County Council" published: "2026-10-05" --- # Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant Buyer: East Sussex County Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d.json) ## Summary East Sussex County Council is procuring a weekday school taxi and passenger-assistant service for children travelling to Flagship School in Hastings. The journey is from pick-up points in Hastings postcodes TN38 9UD, TN38 0DD and TN37 6EH to the school at TN34 2AE. The service uses an eight-seat vehicle and requires a shared passenger assistant for all children, with space around them. Journeys are required Monday to Friday, timed around the school day. The work is passenger transport rather than general taxi provision, and is aimed at operators able to deliver a regular, assisted school run on this specified route. The procurement is complete and has been awarded following a restricted procedure. Link Transport Solutions Limited was selected, with an award value of £95,550. The award was made on 5 October 2026, and the contract runs from 8 October 2026 to 31 July 2029. The tender deadline was 5 October 2026. The requirement is described as a single taxi route rather than separate lots. The source records SME suitability and sets out the service specification as an eight-seat vehicle with a shared passenger assistant; it does not provide a stated evaluation weighting or detailed scoring basis. This outcome establishes the selected supplier and the contract period for the specified weekday school transport service. For operators considering similar East Sussex County Council requirements, this award shows demand for a sustained, weekday school transport service linking Hastings pick-up points with Flagship School. Credible suppliers need access to an eight-seat vehicle and the ability to provide a shared passenger assistant while maintaining appropriate space for the children travelling. The service depends on dependable, repeated journeys aligned with school timings, so operators should be able to plan and deliver a consistent route from multiple collection points. The successful supplier is recorded as an SME, demonstrating that a smaller business was selected for this requirement. Relevant experience in assisted passenger transport and the operational capacity to cover the route reliably would therefore be pertinent when this specific type of school journey is next procured. ## Notice Vehicle type: 8 seater Passenger Assistant Required: Shared PA. Proposed Taxi Route: From: TN38 9UD, TN38 0DD and TN37 6EH To: Flagship School, TN34 2AE Frequency: Monday to Friday Daily School Time: Mon- Fri 08:50-114:30 Comments for Operator: Shared PA for all children with space around. This opportunity has been distributed on SProc.net ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2944634c-2a1f-4610-afe1-91c9dbb26f72 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | 5 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 5 Oct 2026 | | Contract period | 8 Oct 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £95,550 | | 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 | East Sussex County Council | | Locality | LEWES | | Postcode area | Brighton | | Postcode | BN7 1UE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ22 East Sussex CC | | Local authority | Lewes | | Electoral ward | Lewes Priory | | Westminster constituency | Lewes | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Link Transport Solutions limited | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 5 Oct 2026 at 13:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2944634c-2a1f-4610-afe1-91c9dbb26f72 - 1 Oct 2026 at 20:28 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e40809d8-e69e-4485-b112-bbc4a9541c5e ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2944634c-2a1f-4610-afe1-91c9dbb26f72 5th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.sproc.net ## Notice URLs - http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4fbbe950-0878-4b90-ba4d-76d11b288f0d.json.