Southwark Council hands £7m SEND transport contract to Olympic (South) Ltd t/a HATS Group
The council has signed a £7m deal to keep buses running for children with special educational needs across the borough.
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London Borough of Southwark has awarded a £7m contract to Olympic (South) Ltd t/a HATS Group for home to school transport. The deal covers SEND buses taking children and young people to and from their place of education. The award notice, reference DN816459, was published on 2026-07-02 and covers one lot.
Children with special educational needs in Southwark will keep a dedicated bus service to get to and from school, after the council signed a £7m contract with Olympic (South) Ltd t/a HATS Group.
The contract, titled Home to School Transport (Buses), covers what the notice describes as a "SEND buses transport service to take children/young people to and from their place of education."
London Borough of Southwark published the award under reference DN816459 on 2026-07-02. The notice lists one lot and puts the awarded value at £7m.
The notice does not disclose an award date, a deadline or a procurement vehicle, so the contract's start point and any framework arrangements behind it are not stated. Suppliers and transport operators watching Southwark's SEND provision can check the full award notice on find-tender.service.gov.uk for further detail on the contract's terms.