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title: "37163 - CASTLE MEAD ACADEMY"
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# 37163 - CASTLE MEAD ACADEMY

Buyer: Leicester City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6d30e8e0-5638-41ce-863b-551eab09984c

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## Summary

Leicester City Council procured passenger transport for the journey associated with Castle Mead Academy, under the requirement titled “37163 - CASTLE MEAD ACADEMY”. The service falls within taxi services and the hire of passenger transport vehicles with drivers. Delivery is in the East Midlands, serving the Council’s transport requirement connected with the academy. This is a passenger transport service rather than a vehicle supply, construction or general professional services contract. The named buying organisation is Leicester City Council, based at City Hall in Leicester. The requirement is specifically linked to a school journey, so relevant businesses are operators able to provide managed passenger travel using taxis or other suitable vehicles with drivers in the East Midlands.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 19 August 2026 to CITYRIDES following a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System for Passenger Transport Services. The awarded contract value is £13,260 GBP. The contract period runs from 26 August 2026 to 5 July 2027. The tender deadline was 19 August 2026 at 9:00 am. The award is active and CITYRIDES is the selected supplier. The procurement used the Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System route, with this requirement competed through a mini-competition. The published information identifies the service classification and procurement route, but does not set out a separate evaluation weighting or detailed award criteria. The requirement was not presented as suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises.

For a future requirement of this type, credible competitors would be established passenger transport operators able to provide taxi or other driver-operated vehicle services for a school journey in the East Midlands. The awarded supplier is recorded as a large organisation, while the requirement is not identified as suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises; this indicates that bidders should consider whether their operational scale and commercial structure match the Council’s expectations. Relevant capability would include access to appropriate vehicles, suitably qualified and reliable drivers, and the organisation needed to deliver a recurring academy transport journey consistently. Experience of school or passenger transport work, dependable scheduling, and the capacity to meet Council service arrangements would strengthen a competitor’s position when this buyer next sources a similar 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/417d9b69-f213-43ba-845c-d84f5cf84c3e |
| 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 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 Aug 2026 - 5 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £13,260 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £13,260 |
| 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 | CityRides LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 19 Aug 2026 at 09:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/417d9b69-f213-43ba-845c-d84f5cf84c3e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/417d9b69-f213-43ba-845c-d84f5cf84c3e
  19th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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