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title: "Lot 4 - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council"
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# Lot 4 - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Buyer: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f2dd02b3-b197-4fa7-83d6-546b510c26f7

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## Summary

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council commissioned home-to-school transport services, including special educational needs (SEN) passenger transport, for routes in England. The requirement covers eight SEN routes, numbered 889 to 896, supporting the transport of pupils between home and school. The procurement is classified as special-purpose road passenger-transport services and falls within the services category. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is the buyer. The work is route-based rather than a single general transport service, so relevant suppliers are operators able to organise and deliver scheduled school journeys for children with additional transport needs. The recorded requirement is titled Lot 4 – Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 26 August 2026 following mini competitions run through the Home to School Transport Dynamic Purchasing System. The awarded contract value is £403,500. Four suppliers were selected: Freerun Private Services, Nexus Move Ltd, SMF Travel and Stamford Cars UK Ltd. The contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 31 July 2028. The route-level values are £53,500 for SEN 889, £54,000 for SEN 890, £27,000 for SEN 891, £24,000 for SEN 892, £64,500 for SEN 893, £58,500 for SEN 894, £53,500 for SEN 895 and £68,500 for SEN 896. The arrangement is suitable for SMEs.

This award demonstrates sustained demand from Tameside Council for specialist, route-based home-to-school transport, including SEN journeys, delivered through a dynamic purchasing system and mini-competition route. A credible future supplier would need dependable passenger-transport operations, the vehicles and drivers needed for scheduled school routes, and the capacity to run several journeys reliably across the service area. Experience transporting children with special educational needs would be directly relevant, as would robust safeguarding, passenger-care and service-continuity arrangements. The successful supplier group shows that smaller transport businesses can compete for this type of work. Operators with local coverage around Tameside, strong scheduling and dispatch capability, and evidence of delivering compliant education or specialist passenger transport would be well placed when similar requirements return.

## Notice

Tameside Council have carried out a number of mini competitions for their Home to School requirements via the Home To School Transport Dynamic Purchasing System. Routes awarded and contract values below: SEN 889 - PS53,500 SEN 890 - PS54,000 SEN 891 - PS27,000 SEN 892 - PS24,000 SEN 893 - PS64,500 SEN 894 - PS58,500 SEN 895 - PS53,500 SEN 896 - PS68,500

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb0fe8c2-a209-47ab-a4ad-edb1f33270dd |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £24,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £403,500 |
| 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 | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | SALE |
| Postcode area | Manchester |
| Postcode | M33 7ZF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Trafford |
| Electoral ward | Sale Central |
| Westminster constituency | Wythenshawe and Sale 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 | 4 |
| Supplier names | Freerun Private Services; Nexus Move Ltd; SMF Travel; Stamford Cars UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2026 at 08:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb0fe8c2-a209-47ab-a4ad-edb1f33270dd

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eb0fe8c2-a209-47ab-a4ad-edb1f33270dd
  26th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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