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title: "Home to School Transport - Minibuses"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-058e93"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2025-08-27"
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# Home to School Transport - Minibuses

Buyer: SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-058e93

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## Summary

Swindon Borough Council has completed the award of a contract for the provision of Home to School Transport services involving minibuses, spanning from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. This procurement, specific to the UKK14 region in Swindon, falls under the services category of road transport. Due to urgency and necessity, the council has utilised a direct award procurement method to engage Swindon Community Action Ltd for a 12-month contract valued at £1,646,603.80. The procurement stage is complete, following previous complications with a competitive process. The award notice was published on 27th August 2025.

This contract presents a significant opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in transport services, particularly those offering efficient route management and school-centric logistics solutions. Businesses that can provide reliable and flexible service are ideally suited to compete in future tenders involving public transportation services. Such opportunities allow businesses to enhance their portfolios, establish strong relationships with governmental bodies, and secure ongoing revenue streams in the public sector transport market.

## Notice

Home to School Transport - Minibuses for the period 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. Statutory service.

### Procurement Information

Direct Award - Urgency This is a transparency notice to inform the market that Swindon Borough Council is directly awarding a contract to Swindon Community Action Ltd for a period of 12 months from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026. This direct award is made under Section 41(1)(a) and Schedule 5, Paragraph 13 and 14 (Urgency) of the Procurement Act 2023. In July 2025, Swindon Borough Council undertook a Further Competition process for the provision of Home to School Transport Minibus services via the Councils existing Dynamic Procurement System (DPS). However, the Council was unable to conclude the successful award of call off contracts due to a combination of non-compliant tenders (such as specification compliance and mobilisation date) and Best Value considerations, specifically the affordability to operate the services. The post tender clarification process relating to specification compliance, contract mobilisation and route acceptance, delayed the evaluation process. As a direct result of the failure to conclude the award of the call off contracts, the Council now has to arrange the delivery of the services that are considered strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency in time for the new school year. To minimise the number of routes to be directly awarded, existing contractual provisions for various Home to School transport contract extensions are being activated, however this leaves a total of 56 routes that need to be directly awarded for a total of PS1,646,603.80 for a 12 month period. The proposed contract award will ensure continuity of these essential statutory services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051599-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Aug 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,646,603 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN1 2JH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Eastcott |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SWINDON COMMUNITY ACTION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60100000 - Road transport services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2025 at 12:36 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051599-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051599-2025
  27th August 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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