£3,400,000,000 forecastno unified governing system
At Gari, we're building digital infrastructure to unify how statutory SEND home-to-school transport is procured, delivered, monitored, and governed across the United Kingdom.
About us
SEND home-to-school transport is a statutory service under critical strain. Annual spending is forecast to reach £3.4bn, a 427% increase since 2015. It is an unsustainable trajectory driving local authorities toward insolvency.
Yet fragmented processes, a lack of digital integration, and layers of intermediaries mean families wait months, drivers are underpaid, and public funds leak at every stage.
Gari replaces the disconnected silos of legacy provisions with a unified, purpose-built system - automating procurement, compliance, and payments.
The problem & our approach
Gari replaces fragmented, manual delivery chains with a secure, multi-sided digital infrastructure.
Legacy delivery chain
Significant expenditure on internal resource teams and manual processes.
Data must be manually bridged between disconnected silos.
Significant overhead to sub-contract drivers.
High delay patterns, and manual route updates.
Anxious phone calls, absence of real-time passenger tracking or ETAs.
Gari approach
Authorities
Providers
Oversight
Guardians
How Gari supports local authorities
Gari reduces administrative workload by automating the full procurement lifecycle. Local authorities publish routes and monitor performance, while route optimisation, bidding, compliance verification, contract assignment, and payment reconciliation are all managed by the system.
Web and app based access for users
Delivering positive impact for everyone
Families first
Faster access to entitled transport - less waiting, less stress, less uncertainty.
Fairer for drivers
More job security and better earnings for the people who make the service run.
Smarter public spending
Less waste, less leakage, more of every pound doing what it should.
Features
Digital route commissioning
Intelligent bid engine for automated procurement.
Compliance automation
Continuous, automated safeguarding verification.
Real-time monitoring
Operational visibility across all active routes.
Dynamic routing
AI-driven optimisation for reduced carbon footprint and cost savings.
Parents & Guardians interface
Transparency and live updates for Parents & Guardians.
Zero trust security
End-to-end encrypted and built to UK public sector standards.
Engagement
Future-proof digital
infrastructure for authorities
We are currently working with a small group of senior sector leaders and local authorities in a structured advisory capacity to validate procurement logic, stress-test safeguarding frameworks, and shape a carefully controlled pilot phase.
We welcome engagement from Heads of SEND and Client Transport, current and former DfE and DfT officials, and public-sector digital and policy specialists.
If you are interested in reviewing the roadmap, exploring an advisory role, or discussing potential future pilot participation, we would be pleased to speak with you.
Team
Mohammed Rahman
Co-founder
Strategy & Growth
Fintech background, deep domain experience of SEND HTS transport. Founded Gari to resolve problems that have gone unaddressed for too long.
Yufan Kambang
Co-founder
Engineering & System Architecture
Full-stack software engineer, with experience at UKRI. Specialises in secure and scalable systems.
Nisham Kambang
Co-founder
AI, Data & Ethics
Data analytics and AI background, Psychoanalytic MSc at UCL. Specialises in how systems fail people.
Insights
The Case for Structural Reform in SEND Transport
Exploring why the current fragmented procurement model is reaching a boiling point and how digital infrastructure can provide a sustainable path forward.
Read moreAutomating Compliance: Beyond Manual Audits
How real-time data verification and immutable audit trails are transforming safeguarding standards across the United Kingdom.
Read moreEfficiency Without Compromise
A deep dive into how Gari's intelligent bid engine reduces administrative overhead while strengthening local authority oversight.
Read more