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title: "CPU 5289 - LOT1 - FE - NCC2606"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Nottingham City Council"
published: "2026-09-09"
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# CPU 5289 - LOT1 - FE - NCC2606

Buyer: Nottingham City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c7e209e9-4e60-4249-9ede-2ddddaff4c4d

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## Summary

Nottingham City Council procured home-to-school transport for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), covering seven routes to multiple destinations. The requirement is for special-purpose passenger transport services, including the hire of passenger vehicles with drivers. Delivery is across England, with the buying organisation based in Nottingham. This is a passenger transport operation rather than a general school transport or vehicle-only supply requirement: relevant suppliers would need to provide or manage suitable vehicles and drivers for regular journeys between home and education destinations. The procurement is categorised as a services contract and is relevant to specialist school transport operators, taxi and private-hire businesses, community transport providers, and transport firms able to coordinate several SEND routes.

The procurement has been completed and awarded following an open procedure. The contract was awarded on 31 August 2026 to Rushcliffe Travel, DG Cars and Central Cars jointly. The award value is £155,800, in addition to the original tender estimate of £25,000. The awarded contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The wider tender period was intended to cover 7 August 2026 to 31 July 2028, while the award records a shorter delivery period. The procurement covered one lot and seven routes. The published outcome identifies three SME suppliers. The award information does not state a separate quality, price or social-value weighting, so the available process detail is the open procedure and the resulting multi-supplier award.

This award demonstrates established demand from Nottingham City Council for coordinated SEND home-to-school transport across multiple routes and destinations. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need dependable passenger vehicles with drivers, the operational capacity to run several routes, and the ability to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities safely and consistently. Local knowledge of Nottingham and surrounding journeys would be commercially useful, as the selected suppliers are Nottingham-area transport businesses. The outcome also shows that smaller transport operators can participate in this type of requirement, although the tender’s suitability data did not identify it as specifically suited to SMEs. Businesses should therefore assess their fleet, driver availability, safeguarding and day-to-day route-management arrangements against the service need.

## Notice

Home to school SEND transport for multiple destinations 7 routes in total

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cf095ba5-5a5d-495b-9adf-1d83de8487b3 |
| 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 | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £25,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £155,800 |
| 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 | Nottingham City Council |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG2 3NG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham East |
| 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 | Rushcliffe Travel LTD; DG Cars; Central Cars |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
- 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

## Release History

- 9 Sep 2026 at 09:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cf095ba5-5a5d-495b-9adf-1d83de8487b3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cf095ba5-5a5d-495b-9adf-1d83de8487b3
  9th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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