Public sector supplier

Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd public sector contracts

Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd appears as a named supplier on 29 UK public sector contracts awarded since 2023.

2 of those were awarded in the last twelve months.

Its most frequent public sector customer is Lincolnshire County Council, with 29 contracts, and it has supplied 1 buying organisation in total.

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2
Contracts, last 12 months
29
Contracts since 2021
1
Public sector buyers
£246k
Median contract won outright
4
Expiring in 18 months

These figures count published award notices from January 2021 onward, the point at which this database begins, and are comprehensive only from 2023. Contracts awarded before then, and any work not published as a public award notice, do not appear. This is a record of published contracts, not of turnover. Most recent award recorded 16 Jul 2026.

Coming up for renewal

4 contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Each of these is a contract Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd currently holds with an end date already published. If you compete with them, this is where the openings are. If you are the buyer, it is your renewal diary.

Overview

Most of that work falls under transport services.

5 of these were awarded to it as the only named supplier; the remaining 24 are contracts shared with other suppliers, typically a place on a framework rather than work awarded outright.

Among the contracts it won outright where a value was published, the median is £246k.

4 of its contracts are due to end within the next eighteen months.

Contracts won per quarter

Q4 243Q1 251Q2 252Q3 253Q4 251Q3 261

Recent activity

Latest contracts won

ContractBuyerValueAwarded
School / College Transport - SEND - Taxi - BPB000186Lincolnshire County Council£374k16 Jul 2026
School/College Transport - SEND - Taxi - BPB000172Lincolnshire County Council£234k3 Nov 2025
BPB000161 - SEND Taxi - Kirkby-in-Ashfield to Lincoln AthenaLincolnshire County Council£246k20 Aug 2025
School / College Transport - SEND - Spalding Tulip Academy + Boston Endeavour - Taxi - BPB000163Lincolnshire County Council£446k(shared, 2 suppliers)19 Aug 2025
School Transport - SEND - Taxi - BPB000140Lincolnshire County Council£1.9m(shared, 9 suppliers)18 Jul 2025
LCC Transport Services - BPB - School Transport - SEND Schools - Taxi - BPB000124 - NorthLincolnshire County Council£1.6m(shared, 9 suppliers)25 Jun 2025
BPB000125 - SEND Taxi - Lincoln Fortuna, Lincoln Athena, Grantham AmbergateLincolnshire County CouncilNot stated(shared, 6 suppliers)23 Jun 2025
South-School Transport-South/SEND-PSV/Taxi-BPB000102Lincolnshire County CouncilNot stated(shared, 5 suppliers)23 Feb 2025
BPB000086-South College's Taxi (Weekly Cost Required)-02.12.24Lincolnshire County Council£250k(shared, 5 suppliers)22 Dec 2024
BPB000090 - SEND - Lincoln St Christopher's Schools & Grantham Greenfields SchoolLincolnshire County Council£1.0m(shared, 4 suppliers)16 Dec 2024
BPB000068 - SEND - Boston Endeavour/Rand Farm/Kisimul/Ambergate - Closes 17/10/2024 @ 09:00Lincolnshire County Council£162k(shared, 4 suppliers)17 Oct 2024
BPB000063 - SEN - Spalding Tulip Academy (Springview + Waterside) - Closes 19/08/24 @ 11:00Lincolnshire County Council£345k(shared, 3 suppliers)19 Aug 2024
BPB000045-Pilgrim SchoolsLincolnshire County Council£914k(shared, 6 suppliers)11 Aug 2024
BPB000046 - SEND schoolsLincolnshire County Council£398k(shared, 3 suppliers)6 Aug 2024
BPB000040 - SEN - Spalding Tulip Academy (Waterside & Springview)/Lincoln St Francis - Closes 22/07/2024Lincolnshire County Council£884k(shared, 4 suppliers)23 Jul 2024
BPB000027 - Lincolnshire SEND School'sLincolnshire County CouncilNot stated(shared, 8 suppliers)18 Jul 2024
BPB - SEND - Fortuna & Athena - Closing Date 08/07/24, 8amLincolnshire County Council£244k(shared, 2 suppliers)9 Jul 2024
BPB000020 - SEN - Boston Endeavour/Spilsby Eresby - Taxi/Mini-bus - Close Date 08/07/24 10:00Lincolnshire County Council£485k(shared, 4 suppliers)9 Jul 2024
BPB000015 - SEND - Louth & Lincoln SEND SchoolsLincolnshire County CouncilNot stated(shared, 6 suppliers)24 Jun 2024
BPB - SEND - Grantham Ambergate, Closing Date 17/06/24, 8amLincolnshire County Council£561k(shared, 4 suppliers)18 Jun 2024

Where a contract names more than one supplier it is usually a framework. The published value is the ceiling for the whole framework, shared by everyone on it, not the amount awarded to Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd.

Who they supply

Most frequent buyers

  1. 01Lincolnshire County Council29 contracts

What they supply

Most active categories

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Common questions

Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd, in short

Which public sector organisations does Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd supply?

Across 29 contracts recorded since 2021, Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd has supplied 1 UK public sector buyers. The most frequent are Lincolnshire County Council (29 contracts).

What does Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd supply to the public sector?

Its contracts fall mainly under transport services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

How many public sector contracts has Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd won?

29 since 2021, of which 5 were awarded to it as the only named supplier and 24 are shared with other suppliers, usually a place on a framework. This counts award notices published to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, so it is a record of published awards rather than of total revenue.

When do Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd contracts come up for renewal?

4 contracts held by Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Jul 2027. End dates are published in the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

Where does this information about Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd come from?

From contract award notices published by the buyers themselves to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder under the Open Government Licence. Coverage starts in 2021 and is comprehensive from 2023, so contracts awarded before then, and any award not published to those portals, will not appear.

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. This page describes contracts published by public bodies and is not affiliated with Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd.