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title: "SOL - Home to School Transport DPS"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077553"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-18"
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# SOL - Home to School Transport DPS

Buyer: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077553

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## Summary

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council procured home-to-school passenger transport services through a dynamic purchasing system. The requirement covers individual school transport routes, using passenger vehicles with drivers, for journeys associated with the council’s home-to-school transport service. The work is delivered in and around Solihull. It is a services procurement, classified under passenger transport vehicle hire with a driver (CPV 60170000), with transport services as an additional classification. The arrangement is intended for operators able to provide scheduled education transport rather than general freight or vehicle-only hire. The council is the buying organisation, and the awards cover route-level transport requirements within its home-to-school service.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through an open procedure under a dynamic purchasing system. Evaluation was based on price, and electronic auctioning was used. Fourteen suppliers received active awards: AFJ Ltd (£38,000), BHM Smart Cars Ltd (£40,090), City Link Transfers Ltd (£12,538), Green Destinations Ltd (£16,530), Local Radio Cars Ltd (£292,230), VIP Executive Travel (£92,416), VIP Drive Midlands Ltd (£74,195), 24x7 Ltd (£85,120), City Elite Cars Ltd (£23,368), Taxie Ltd trading as E Cars Private Hire Ltd (£60,990), Bromford Cars Ltd (£15,770), LetsRide West Midlands Ltd (£30,400), Select Private Hire Ltd (£370,880), and Take Me Group (£17,100). Contracts were signed on 18 September 2026. The route lot is recorded as cancelled, while the individual awards and contracts are active. Fourteen bids were recorded for most awards, and eleven for one award. The arrangement includes an option to extend to the end of the DPS term.

This procurement shows demand for route-based home-to-school transport in Solihull, with awards made to a broad mix of private-hire, taxi and passenger-transport operators. Successful competitors included mainly small and medium-sized businesses, alongside larger operators, indicating that both local firms and suppliers with wider operating capacity can be credible. A future competitor would need dependable vehicles with drivers, the operational capacity to cover scheduled school routes, and the ability to price individual routes competitively. Local knowledge of Solihull and surrounding journeys would be commercially relevant, as would experience coordinating multiple vehicles, maintaining reliable service for pupils, and meeting the practical requirements of education transport. The route-level structure also favours operators able to bid selectively for suitable work rather than only large end-to-end transport providers.

## Notice

Route awards for Home to School transport Q1 2025/26 - Q2 2026/27.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice contains details of individual Routes awarded via the Solihull Home to School Transport DPS.

Options: Option to extend up to end of DPS term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088628-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,169,627 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | SOLIHULL |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B91 3QB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG32 Solihull |
| Local authority | Solihull |
| Electoral ward | St Alphege |
| Westminster constituency | Solihull West and Shirley |
| Delivery location | TLG32 Solihull |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 14 |
| Supplier names | AFJ Limited; BHM Smart Cars; City Link Transfers; Green Destinations Ltd; Local Radio Cars; VIP Executive Travel; VIP Drive Midlands Ltd; 24x7 Ltd; City Elite Cars; Taxie; Bromford Cars Ltd; LetsRide West Midlands Ltd; SELECT PRIVATE HIRE LTD; Take Me Group Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

### Codes

- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

## Release History

- 18 Sep 2026 at 12:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088628-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.solihull.gov.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:130401-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML

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