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title: "37306- ELLESMERE"
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# 37306- ELLESMERE

Buyer: Leicester City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e92344f-2774-41f3-8026-adb3f91e5fa2

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## Summary

Leicester City Council procured transport services for the journey identified as Ellesmere. The requirement is for taxi services and the hire of passenger transport vehicles with a driver, covering delivery in the East Midlands. It is a passenger transport service rather than a vehicle-only supply contract, so relevant businesses are operators able to provide driven journeys for the Council. The procurement sits within the Council’s passenger transport services arrangements and concerns one identified journey. The named buying organisation is Leicester City Council, based at City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester. The selected supplier is CITYRIDES, a large transport business. The service falls within the public-service transport category and is focused on passenger travel by taxi or other chauffeur-driven vehicle.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded following a mini-competition under Leicester City Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System for passenger transport services. CITYRIDES received the award on 17 September 2026 for £22,230 including the stated currency, GBP. The contract period runs from 21 September 2026 to 31 July 2028. The tender submission deadline was 17 September 2026 at 9:00am. The procurement was conducted as a service requirement through the Council’s dynamic purchasing system route. The award is active and the tender is complete. The stated contract value is the awarded value for this journey; it should not be treated as a wider framework or programme total. The process was evaluated through the mini-competition used for the Council’s dynamic purchasing system.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates an established requirement for Council-funded passenger journeys in the East Midlands, delivered through taxi and driver-provided passenger transport. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this type would need to operate suitable passenger vehicles, provide qualified and reliable drivers, and manage individual journeys consistently for a public-sector customer. Experience of responding to mini-competitions within a dynamic purchasing system would be commercially relevant, as would the operational capacity to provide a service over a substantial contract period. The recorded outcome also shows that this buyer uses a structured passenger transport route and awards journey-specific work, giving taxi and private-hire operators a clear indication of the service model and scale involved.

## 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/78aa873a-2bc5-447f-923e-11a7d49ee2b2 |
| 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 | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 21 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £22,230 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £22,230 |
| 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 | CITY RIDES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 11:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78aa873a-2bc5-447f-923e-11a7d49ee2b2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/78aa873a-2bc5-447f-923e-11a7d49ee2b2
  17th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

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

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