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Published 2 Jul 2026, 14:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Home to School Transport (Buses)

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)

Direct awardLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: London (UKI44)
Awarded value£7,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 24 Aug 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to HATS Group Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SEND buses transport service to take children/young people to and from their place of education.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
34114400 Minibuses34120000 Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Jul 2026, 14:58 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2026, 16:59 BST
Authority reference
DN816459
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080560
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c292 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement

Direct Award of services to current incumbent for the extension of services whilst procurement work is undertaken for a competitive procedure to take place

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Aug 2026 → 3 Sept 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published60 days ago
    24 Aug 2026, 16:59 BST
  2. Standstill ends49 days ago
    3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    2 Jul 2026, 14:58 BST
    UK5
  2. Transparency notice published
    5 Aug 2026, 16:11 BST
    UK5
  3. Contract award notice published
    24 Aug 2026, 16:59 BST
    UK6
  4. Contract signature expected
    4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
HATS Group Ltd4 Sept 2026 – 3 Sept 2028Amended: Correction of contract period as the actual contract start date was always based on the academic calendar. Contract dates 01 September 2026 to 31 August 2028 instead of 03 August 2026 to 02 August 2028£7,000,00024 Aug 2026standstill to 3 Sept 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Southwark

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXTW-7647-VDLV Southwark Council, London, London, SE1 2QHContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • HATS Group LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHVJ-2218-JPNG 44 Weir Road Wimbledon, London, London, SW19 8UGContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender