Local Buses and Home to School Transport by Bus / Coach, and also by Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Mainstream Taxis

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Welland Procurement Unit

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

28ab11ab-fbf9-4f62-8188-6d3abd6e7a74-96420

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 60100000, 60112000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Rutland County Council requires the services of appropriately licensed Bus & Coach operators, and Hackney Carriage / Private Hire operators, to provide Local Buses, Home to School, Home to College and some Social Care transport on a number of bus / coach and taxi routes. Some routes require vehicles with wheelchair access. Tender documents show the routes available at the date of this Notice. There is a price per mile option for any route which arises after the submission of this Notice. Changes to routes may occur during the tender process, and / or during the currency of the contract. The transport provision is for a mix of ages, and, particularly for the SEN taxis, for a range of abilities. Some of the taxi routes, which are defined in the tender documents, will require an escort (passenger assistant) with a suitable first aid qualification. Drivers and escorts will need satisfactory DBS checks. There are five Lots: Lot 1: Local buses Lot 2: Education buses Lot 3: Special taxi routes Lot 4: Taxi contracts Lot 5: Price per mile Further details are to be found in the tender documents and the Schedule of routes.

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1. Award notice observed

   18 Nov 2016

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   28ab11ab-fbf9-4f62-8188-6d3abd6e7a74-96420

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Local Buses and Home to School Transport by Bus / Coach, and also by Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Mainstream Taxis

  Buyer: Welland Procurement UnitSupplier: 1st Call County Taxis

  End date in notice

  6 Sept 2021

  Value shown in notice

  £1,994,135Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Source

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-a7f3c6e8-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b-1

• Local Buses and Home to School Transport by Bus / Coach, and also by Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Mainstream Taxis

  Buyer: Welland Procurement Unit

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