Contracts Finder notice
Achieving for Children (AfC)-(SEND) Transport Service (Minibus Fleet)
Authority: ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract notice is for the direct award of a two-year lease contract for the provision of specialist adapted minibuses to support statutory SEND transport across Kingston and Richmond.
A negotiated procedure without prior publication under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) PCR 2015 was undertaken to secure an interim contract with the incumbent provider, ensuring continuity of service with minimal disruption to children, young people and their families while a wider transformation project of SEND Transport is completed in line with the Council's climate strategy.
Award Criteria: Pass/Fail - satisfactory account of price and quality
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Buyer reference
- LBKING001-DN764518-37291242
- Category
- Goods
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- England, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision21 Aug 2025
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
- Notice published31 Oct 2025
- Contract ends31 Aug 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- London HireSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f3fa097b-d716-4cdd-bd4f-81aa33b88bd0-2025-10-31T12:54:36Z
- Published
- 31 Oct 2025
- Latest update
- 31 Oct 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f3fa097b-d716-4cdd-bd4f-81aa33b88bd0
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-f3fa097b-d716-4cdd-bd4f-81aa33b88bd0-1