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QBE096 09:00 2026-08-06 Gt Cornard & Sudbury to West Suffolk College (Minden House) Bury St Edmunds - 8-seater with a PA required - AWARD

Suffolk County Council

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Summary of the contracting process

Suffolk County Council is buying passenger transport for a scheduled journey from Great Cornard and Sudbury to West Suffolk College at Minden House in Bury St Edmunds. The requirement is for an eight-seat vehicle with a passenger assistant. This is a local, route-specific transport service, rather than a general vehicle hire contract. The council is the buyer and the service is to be delivered along the named route in Suffolk, with the college as the destination. The procurement is part of the council’s passenger transport services arrangements and was run as a competition for this individual requirement. Suppliers whose work covers passenger transport and who can provide an appropriately sized vehicle and passenger assistant are most directly relevant.

The procurement has been awarded. Suffolk County Council selected All Day Cars and BSE Travel Ltd, with a separate award to each supplier valued at £133,950. Both awards are active and have the same contract period, from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2029. The award date was 28 August 2026. The competition was a selective call-off from a dynamic purchasing system for passenger transport services. The original submission deadline was 6 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 29 July 2026. The service description specifies an eight-seat vehicle and passenger assistant for the journey between Great Cornard and Sudbury and West Suffolk College (Minden House), Bury St Edmunds. No evaluation criteria or other eligibility conditions are set out in the process data.

This award shows demand from Suffolk County Council for a defined passenger transport service connecting Great Cornard and Sudbury with West Suffolk College in Bury St Edmunds. Suppliers best placed to compete for a comparable requirement would need to deliver a reliable route-based service using an eight-seat vehicle and provide a passenger assistant. Relevant capability is therefore passenger transport operations, suitably sized vehicle provision and staffing for the passenger assistant role. The route and destination make local operating capability in Suffolk pertinent. The council used a selective competition through its passenger transport dynamic purchasing system, so familiarity with qualifying for and responding to that purchasing route would be useful. Two suppliers were selected for this requirement, indicating the arrangement was awarded in separate parts rather than as a single award.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

QBE096 09:00 2026-08-06 Gt Cornard & Sudbury to West Suffolk College (Minden House) Bury St Edmunds - 8-seater with a PA required - AWARD

Notice Description

Suffolk County Council is seeking a mini competition against the following Dynamic Purchasing System: 'The supply of Passenger Transport Services', OJEU Notice Id: 2018/S 031-067685. QBE096 09:00 2026-08-06 Gt Cornard & Sudbury to West Suffolk College (Minden House) Bury St Edmunds - 8-seater with a PA required Further details can be found in the 'Tenders / My Tenders' area of this website, by selecting the 'View Details' button for this project. The deadline for returned submissions is 09:00 2026-08-06. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 09:00 2026-07-29 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c8b4e353-af60-49b0-9552-0b3bba5d59b6
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d28a87-1fdb-4758-a951-5d10e5af1de2
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£133,950 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Aug 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Suffolk County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUFFOLK
Postcode
IP1 2BX
Postcode Area
Ipswich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH6 Suffolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH62 Ipswich
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Ipswich
Electoral Ward
Gipping
Westminster Constituency
Ipswich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

All Day Cars

BSE TRAVEL LTD

Further Information

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