Sector · CPV division 60

Transport services: UK public contracts

5,646 UK public transport services contracts in the last 12 months, worth £3.54bn. Who is buying, who is winning, and 1% without competition.

Covers CPV division 60, “Transport services (excl. Waste transport)”. The busiest buyers recently were Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport and London Borough of Merton.

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Contracts (last 12 months): 5,646
Published value: £3.54bnwhere stated
Without competition: 1%38 contracts
Won by SMEs: 58%of 4,129 with size known

Contracts awarded per month 12,701 contracts · busiest month August 2025

01,0002,000

Dec 24
Mar 25
Jun 25
1,820
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Mar 26
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Sep 26

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport 1,093 contracts · £92.8m
London Borough of Merton 661 contracts · £377k
Leicester City Council 515 contracts · £14.5m
Surrey County Council 384 contracts · £21.5m
Buckinghamshire Council - e-Tendering System 354 contracts · £28.4m
Devon County Council 291 contracts · £86.8m
Leicestershire County Council 264 contracts · £8.27m
Carmarthenshire County Council 236 contracts · £65.1m
East Sussex County Council 227 contracts · £39.1m
Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston 221 contracts · £1.7m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Cascade Cars 145 contracts · £221k
24x7 Ltd 119 contracts · £34.1m
Neales Taxis Limited 109 contracts · £8.37m
SNA Transport Limited 89 contracts · £102k
Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME 89 contracts · £44,794
Hawk Express Cabs Ltd SME 86 contracts · £2.87m
Universal Cabs Ltd SME 80 contracts · £7.39m
Nice Travel Solutions Limited SME 73 contracts · £6.75m
Nivo Mobility SME 73 contracts · £480k
SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME 72 contracts · £36,468

By region

London 1,400 contracts · £843m
East of England 1,148 contracts · £411m
East Midlands 1,032 contracts · £64.9m
South East 863 contracts · £324m
South West 357 contracts · £143m
Wales 352 contracts · £96.3m
North West 156 contracts · £443m
Yorkshire and the Humber 148 contracts · £80.6m
Scotland 101 contracts · £249m
West Midlands 63 contracts · £728m
North East 26 contracts · £155m

Latest contracts

Date	Contract	Buyer	Supplier	Value
2 Nov 2026	37429 - LEICESTER COLLEGE	Leicester City Council	Hansom Taxis	£35,042
2 Nov 2026	37427 - home to school and contact	Leicester City Council	Skyline Taxis	£9,988
2 Nov 2026	Bus Patronage- Trend and Drivers of Change 2026- Survey No competition	West Midlands Combined Authority	Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd	£74,567
2 Nov 2026	QOC967 09:00 2026-10-30 Newmarket to Oak Activities Chesterton, Courtney Way, Cambs, - 4-seater vehicle required - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Cambridge and Huntingdon Airport Travel Service SME	£7,794
2 Nov 2026	QIP162 0900 2026-11-02 Woolpit to St Christopher's Academy, Ipswich (4-seater) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Zanyar Ali Taxis	£17,041
2 Nov 2026	Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) Passenger Assistant	East Sussex County Council	Southern Travel Solutions Ltd	£143k
2 Nov 2026	C360CE Viney Hill to Dean Academy	Gloucestershire County Council	James Bevan (Lydney) Ltd SME	£230k
1 Nov 2026	London Borough of Richmond	Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston	Chelsea Cars UK Limited SME	£4,362
31 Oct 2026	2026-10-28 09:00 - QSB467 Ipswich to Pushforward Secondary (various locations in Ipswich, Stowmarket & Bury St Edmunds) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	IP Express Cabs	£51,111
30 Oct 2026	QLT354 2026-10-29 (0900) Leiston - Roman Hill Primary School, Lowestoft (8 seats and a PA) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Rainbows Transport	£266k
30 Oct 2026	ID: 37442 - NETHERHALL MEAD ACADEMY	Leicester City Council	Azoom Taxis	£63,297
30 Oct 2026	37437 - BEAUMONT LEYS SCHOOL	Leicester City Council	Everest Taxis	£10,920
30 Oct 2026	2026-10-28 09:00 - QIP500 IP1 area of Ipswich to Stoke High School, Ipswich - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Universal Cabs Ltd SME	£9,828
30 Oct 2026	QIP148 0900 2026-10-29 Saxmundham to Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy, Defoe Road, Ipswich (6-seater, Individual transport, experienced PA) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Universal Cabs Ltd SME	£166k
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£618
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£549
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£359
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£498
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£120
30 Oct 2026	ASC003 0900 2026-10-29 Great Cornard to Friends Community Farm, The Street, Assington, Sudbury (4-seater vehicle) required. - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	AAA Cabs SME	£12,459
30 Oct 2026	SEN20920-SEN-TAXI-THE LADY BYRON SCHOOL (MARKET HARBOROUGH)	Leicestershire County Council	M & M Cabs Ltd	£22,000
30 Oct 2026	London Borough of Sutton	Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston	Clockwise Travel Group Ltd	£3,166
30 Oct 2026	2026-10-28 09:00 - QML050 Sudbury, Glemsford & Stradishall to West Row Academy, West Row - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Star Cabs LTD SME	£288k
30 Oct 2026	37428 - HOME TO SCHOOL	Leicester City Council	Hansom Taxis Leicester Ltd	£36,130
30 Oct 2026	QOC972 2026-10-30 (0900) Lowestoft - Century Training, Great Yarmouth (4 seats and a PA) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Albies Ltd SME	£16,568
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles	London Borough of Merton	SEN Mobility Services Ltd SME	£543
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SNA Transport Limited	£875
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles	London Borough of Merton	Cascade Cars	£1,090
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Cascade Cars	£829
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Cascade Cars	£784
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Cascade Cars	£789
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£158
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access	London Borough of Merton	Rosehillcars SME	£790
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SNA Transport Limited	£800
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access and Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Nivo Mobility SME	£800
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access	London Borough of Merton	Nivo Mobility SME	£400
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access and Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Nivo Mobility SME	£1,800
30 Oct 2026	London Borough of Sutton	Sutton, Achieving for Children and Kingston	K.A.T. Transport Limited	£2,878
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Nivo Mobility SME	£850
30 Oct 2026	QSB459 2026-10-30 0900 Stowmarket to Pushforward Secondary (various locations in Ipswich, Stowmarket & Bury St Edmunds) 4 seats - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	A2B Needham Market	£32,399
30 Oct 2026	QBE140 0900 2026-10-30 Bury St Edmunds to Innov8 Workshops, Bury St Edmunds (4 seater vehicle for 3 days a week) - AWARD	Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	Travel cars bury ltd	£6,074
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	SNA Transport Limited	£850
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£760
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£580
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Wheelchair Access and Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Merton Community Transport	£1,650
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£800
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£1,040
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£790
30 Oct 2026	Taxi Vehicles with Passenger Assistant	London Borough of Merton	Portmaster Limited T/A Capital Cars SME	£1,000
30 Oct 2026	AT1522 Bus Services and Operation No competition	Luton Council	Systra Limited	£2.25m