--- title: "QBH210, 0900 2026-09-28, Benhall - Kinda Forest School, Holton (4 seats and passenger assistant) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council" published: "2026-09-29" --- # QBH210, 0900 2026-09-28, Benhall - Kinda Forest School, Holton (4 seats and passenger assistant) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured passenger transport services for route QBH210, carrying passengers from Benhall to Kinda Forest School in Holton. The service requirement is for a vehicle with four seats and a passenger assistant. This is a local school transport service, rather than a general transport contract, and is relevant to operators able to provide the specified small-capacity journey and accompanying passenger support. The buying organisation is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The procurement is complete and was awarded to A K Cars. The award was made on 29 September 2026. The contract period runs from 30 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The recorded award value is £0. The requirement was run as a mini-competition under a dynamic purchasing system for passenger transport services. It covered a single route requirement: Benhall to Kinda Forest School, Holton, with four seats and a passenger assistant. The tender description set a submission deadline of 28 September 2026 at 09:00 and a deadline for clarification questions of 25 September 2026 at 09:00. No award evaluation criteria are stated in the available procurement details. This award demonstrates demand from Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport for a defined school journey with a small vehicle capacity and passenger-assistant provision. A supplier competing for this same requirement in future would need to organise dependable transport between Benhall and Kinda Forest School in Holton, provide four passenger seats, and supply an assistant as part of the service. The award went to A K Cars, showing that a local transport operator was selected for this work. The route-specific, modest-capacity requirement is best suited to an operator able to allocate a suitable vehicle and staffing to a regular school transport service, rather than a provider focused only on larger-scale transport operations.»} Concluding check: Details says £0 recorded inaccurately? It is stated, yes. No need mention absent criteria? Prompt says write nothing about missing. ## Notice 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. QBH210, 0900 2026-09-28, Benhall - Kinda Forest School, Holton (4 seats and passenger assistant) 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 0900 2026-09-28. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 2026-09-25 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37f89831-ac35-401d-b335-1c2b5c75cdaa | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Dynamic | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 29 Sep 2026 | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Suffolk County Council | | Locality | SUFFOLK | | Postcode area | Ipswich | | Postcode | IP1 2BX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk | | ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich | | Local authority | Ipswich | | Electoral ward | Gipping | | Westminster constituency | Ipswich | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | A K Cars | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 29 Sep 2026 at 11:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37f89831-ac35-401d-b335-1c2b5c75cdaa ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37f89831-ac35-401d-b335-1c2b5c75cdaa 29th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-supplying-us ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-10ee5dba-f193-4311-8f3d-4310fac9aa32.json.