Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Scholar Season Tickets on Transport Provided by Schools
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award for the purchase of scholar season tickets on transport provided directly by schools.
The following Leicestershire schools either provide their own home to school transport or have awarded home to school transport contracts to a number of bus operators for which the schools sell season tickets to local authorities for the provision of statutory home to school transport:
-Brookvale Groby Learning Trust
-Robert Smythe Academy
-Wreake Valley Academy/Bradgate Educational Partnership
Direct award as there is no other supplier who can provide the required season tickets, on the basis that the tickets can only be purchased from the schools directly.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- 30 Jul 2025, 16:34 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2025, 14:11 BST
- Authority reference
DV784785- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048419- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05697fFind a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published30 Jul 2025, 16:34 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2025, 09:10 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published13 Aug 2025, 14:11 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookvale Groby Learning AcademySME, Brookvale Groby Learning TrustSMEjoint awardPurchase of Season Tickets - Brookvale Groby Learning Trust26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026Options: Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases. | £20,000 | 1 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
| Robert Smythe AcademySMEPurchase of Season Tickets - Robert Smythe Academy26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026Options: Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases. | £45,000 | 1 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
| Wreake Valley AcademySME, Wreake Valley Academy/Bradgate Educational PartnershipSMEjoint awardPurchase of Season Tickets - Wreake Valley Academy26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026Options: Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases. | £30,000 | 1 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Purchase of Season Tickets - Robert Smythe Academy · Robert Smythe AcademySME
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2025
- Value
- £45,000
- Period
- 26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases.
Purchase of Season Tickets - Wreake Valley Academy · Wreake Valley AcademySME, Wreake Valley Academy/Bradgate Educational PartnershipSME
- Signed
- 13 Aug 2025
- Value
- £30,000
- Period
- 26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases.
Purchase of Season Tickets - Brookvale Groby Learning Trust · Brookvale Groby Learning AcademySME, Brookvale Groby Learning TrustSME
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2025
- Value
- £20,000
- Period
- 26 Aug 2025 – 25 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- Purchase of additional season tickets if demand increases.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice- Brookvale Groby Learning AcademyAwarded supplier
- Brookvale Groby Learning TrustAwarded supplier
- Robert Smythe AcademyAwarded supplier
- Wreake Valley AcademyAwarded supplier
- Wreake Valley AcademyAwarded supplier
- Wreake Valley Academy/Bradgate Educational PartnershipAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (9)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender