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title: "Home to school-9 seats and over Phase 3 2026"
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# Home to school-9 seats and over Phase 3 2026

Buyer: Cheshire West and Chester Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-775bbbae-85cb-41ee-8c14-6a04df269bbc

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## Summary

Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council has procured home-to-school transport services using vehicles with nine or more seats. The requirement is for passenger transport to support pupils travelling between home and school; the detailed routes and service specification are described in an accompanying spreadsheet. The service is for delivery in England. This is a transport-services contract, rather than a purchase of vehicles or general school services. The selected suppliers are Cheshire Travel Services, Crown Logistics (UK) Ltd and Kingsdown Travel.

The procurement is complete and was awarded following an open procedure. The award date was 27 March 2026. The three selected suppliers are Cheshire Travel Services, Crown Logistics (UK) Ltd and Kingsdown Travel; the reported award value is £701,385. The contract period is recorded as starting on 28 March 2026 and ending on 16 March 2029 in the award, while the tender information gives an end date of 26 March 2029. The service was treated as one procurement, with no separate lot awards reported. The tender value was estimated at £701,385. The tender deadline was 26 March 2026. Small and medium-sized businesses were marked as unsuitable to participate.

For transport operators considering future work of this kind for Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council, this award demonstrates demand for organised home-to-school journeys using vehicles with at least nine seats. Credible competitors would need the fleet capacity and operational capability to deliver pupil transport across the council’s service area, together with the ability to meet the route and service requirements set out in the specification. Three transport suppliers were selected, indicating that delivery was entrusted to specialist providers rather than general service contractors. The procurement was run as an open procedure, so a future competitor should be equipped to respond to a formal, competitive tender and demonstrate reliable delivery at the scale required. The council marked SMEs as unsuitable for this procurement, a relevant constraint for smaller operators assessing their capacity to fulfil the requirement. આવા

## Notice

See attached spreadsheet www.the-chest.org.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cce3ef27-41a1-412c-aa27-8de28d1b15dd |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 28 Mar 2026 - 16 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £701,385 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £701,385 |
| 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 | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Locality | ELLESMERE PORT |
| Postcode area | Chester |
| Postcode | CH65 0BA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Electoral ward | Central & Grange |
| Westminster constituency | Ellesmere Port and Bromborough |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | Cheshire Travel Services; Crown Logistics (UK) Ltd; kingsdown travel |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 10:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cce3ef27-41a1-412c-aa27-8de28d1b15dd

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cce3ef27-41a1-412c-aa27-8de28d1b15dd
  6th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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