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title: "PTS274A Home to School Transport"
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# PTS274A Home to School Transport

Buyer: Derbyshire County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a54a10d7-44a2-4429-8ec7-4833600c0bcf

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## Summary

Derbyshire County Council is procuring home-to-school transport services in England. The requirement is for road transport on routes serving school journeys. This is a passenger transport service, rather than a purchase of vehicles or transport infrastructure. The tender title identifies the requirement as PTS274A Home to School Transport, while the published description does not give further detail about passenger numbers, route locations or vehicle specifications. The council is the buying organisation, and the supplier’s service is intended to support travel between home and school. The procurement is relevant to passenger transport operators with the ability to provide school transport services for a local authority.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Glovers Coaches Ltd. The award was made on 20 October 2026, following a tender with a submission deadline of 24 August 2026. The award value is £471,200. The awarded contract period runs from 2 November 2026 to 1 November 2029; the tender description also provided for an option to extend by a further two years, to a total of five years. The tender’s stated overall contract period extended to 1 November 2031. The procurement method is described as “Other”, and the evaluation criteria are not set out in the available process details. The opportunity was identified as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

This award demonstrates Derbyshire County Council’s demand for contracted home-to-school passenger transport, and that a small transport operator was selected to deliver it. Businesses considering comparable local-authority work would need to be credible school transport providers, with the vehicles, drivers, scheduling and operational capacity to serve designated routes reliably. The service is for school journeys, so experience coordinating regular passenger transport for children and meeting the council’s service requirements would be commercially relevant. The stated SME suitability indicates that smaller suppliers can compete for this type of work; the successful supplier’s SME status provides a concrete example. The procurement does not identify particular vehicle types, passenger volumes, accreditations or service-level requirements, so suppliers should assess those specifics when comparable requirements are defined.

## Notice

Routes will commence on 2nd November 2026 for a period of three years, with an option to extend for a further two years (five years in total) unless otherwise stated

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e40354d-16bb-4f61-b475-11db923b6f62 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 1 Nov 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £471,200 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £471,200 |
| 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 | Derbyshire County Council |
| Locality | MATLOCK |
| Postcode area | Derby |
| Postcode | DE4 3AG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF13 South and West Derbyshire |
| Local authority | Derbyshire Dales |
| Electoral ward | Matlock West |
| Westminster constituency | Derbyshire Dales |
| 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 | 1 |
| Supplier names | GLOVERS COACHES LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60100000 - Road transport services

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 16:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e40354d-16bb-4f61-b475-11db923b6f62

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e40354d-16bb-4f61-b475-11db923b6f62
  26th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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