Category

Transport services contracts in the UK public sector

Passenger transport, freight, home-to-school transport and specialist patient transport. A major area of local authority spend.

3,199
Contracts, last 12 months
13,209
Contracts since 2021
339
Buyers active here
£37k
Median contract value
1,533
Expiring in 18 months

Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.

Coming up for renewal

1,533 transport services contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.

ContractBuyerIncumbentValueExpires
37172 - Tudor Grange Samworth AcademyLeicester City Councilskyline taxis£33k25 Sept 2026
Traffic Signal Urban Traffic ControlCheshire west and Chester Borough CouncilYunex Limited£50k25 Sept 2026
14/025 Dulverton - Wiveliscombe - Cotford-St-Luke - TauntonSOMERSET COUNCILFirst South West Ltd£915.8830 Sept 2026
SEN20480-SEN-TAXI-Leicester Therapeutic SchoolLeicestershire County CouncilMASTER CABS LEICESTER LTD£35k30 Sept 2026
Worcestershire Community Rail Partnership Education provisionWEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITYSevernside Community Rail Partnership£52k1 Oct 2026
Intra -City Transport Fund Development - Rail Network Station Enhancements ProgrammeTees Valley Combined AuthorityMott Macdonald Limited£195k1 Oct 2026
PLACE1017ET PTU 261 Local Bus 00617/009 9 & 9A Derby Ockbrook/BorrowashDerbyshire County CouncilLittles Travel Ltd£126k2 Oct 2026
PLACE1017ET PTU 261 Local Bus 00617/009 9 & 9A Derby Ockbrook/BorrowashDerbyshire County CouncilLittles Travel Ltd£234k2 Oct 2026
PLACE739ET Supply and installation of CCTV cameras with 1 year maintenanceDerbyshire County CouncilINTELLISCAPE LIMITED£242k5 Oct 2026
W326 KB1 Kings Barton to Winchester Bus ServiceHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILCommunities First Wessex£240k6 Oct 2026
HGV Blind Spot and Moving Off Systems technology assessmentDfTc - Department for TransportLoughborough University Enterprise LTD£177k7 Oct 2026
Opportunity - Awarded Hire of Aircraft and PilotsEnvironment AgencyRVL Aviation£3.6m7 Oct 2026
36992 - CONTACTLeicester City CouncilAZOOM TAXI£7k9 Oct 2026
S81 Mainstream Taxi Rothley to Rothley C of E AcademyLeicestershire County CouncilPremier Taxis Leicester Ltd£9k10 Oct 2026
AT1436 - Travel & AccommodationLuton CouncilCorporate Travel Management (North) Limited£560k12 Oct 2026

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Common questions

Transport services procurement, in short

Who buys transport services in the UK public sector?

339 public sector organisations have awarded transport services contracts since 2021. The most active are Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport (3336 contracts), Leicester City Council (3212 contracts), The North Yorkshire Council (821 contracts).

How much is a typical transport services contract worth?

The median is £37k, across the 12,872 contracts of 13,209 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.

When do transport services contracts come up for renewal?

1,533 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.

How do I find new transport services tenders?

Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.

Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.