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Social care transport contracts

UK public sector · 192 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
192
Last 12 months
Median contract
£20k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£121m
157 of 189 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
21
Suppliers
126

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most social care transport contracts took 26% of them (50 of 192).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 43% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £20k, is 81% below the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • East Midlands had the most contracts: 92, or 48% of the total.

Who buys social care transport

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Leicester City Council75 contracts
  2. 2Suffolk County Council20 contracts
  3. 3Derbyshire County Council18 contracts
  4. 4North Yorkshire Council17 contracts
  5. 5Leicestershire County Council13 contracts
  6. 6West Northamptonshire Council13 contracts
  7. 7Gloucestershire County Council10 contracts
  8. 8Wokingham Borough Council6 contracts
  9. 9Halton Borough Council4 contracts
  10. 10Stoke-on-Trent City Council2 contracts

Top social care transport contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Azoom Taxis12 contracts
  2. 2Hansom Taxis12 contracts
  3. 3Skyline Taxis11 contracts
  4. 4Adam's Transport9 contracts
  5. 5School Express6 contracts
  6. 6Chris's Taxis5 contracts
  7. 7Awami Travel Ltd5 contracts
  8. 8Victoria Cabs5 contracts
  9. 9UNITY TRAVEL ltd4 contracts
  10. 10Five Star Gloucester4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

29Q4 2025*79Q1 202637Q2 202645Q3 20262Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 189 · Scotland 3

East Midlands92Yorkshire and The Humber18East of England16South West10West Midlands5South East4North East3North West3Scotland3London1UK-wide or not stated37

What is included

Transport for adults with care and support needs and for children known to social care: journeys to day centres, care homes, care farms, respite and activities, looked-after children's school and contact journeys, and taxi-and-attendant services for people with complex needs, by taxi, WAV, minibus or non-emergency ambulance.

  • Day centre and day service transport
  • Adult social care taxi and small vehicle contracts
  • Social needs transport
  • Transport to care homes, care farms and workshops for adults
  • Looked-after children and contact transport
  • Children's social care transport
  • Taxi and attendant services for people with complex needs, including accessible minibuses and non-emergency ambulance vehicles

What is not included

  • School journeys for pupils with SEND (trn.assist.send-home-to-school-transport)
  • NHS-funded patient journeys (trn.assist.non-emergency-patient-transport)
  • Community transport and dial-a-ride for the general public (trn.taxi.community-transport)
  • Care and day opportunities provided at the destination (soc.supp.day-opportunities)
  • Supervised contact sessions themselves (soc.family.child-contact-services)
  • Secure transport of detained patients (sec.custody.secure-patient-transport)

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