--- title: "QLS061 2026-08-12 (0900) Rushmere St Andrew / Bawdsey to Compass Community School Aylward Park: Meadow View, Blaxhall (4 seats) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport" published: "2026-08-17" --- # QLS061 2026-08-12 (0900) Rushmere St Andrew / Bawdsey to Compass Community School Aylward Park: Meadow View, Blaxhall (4 seats) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured passenger transport services for a four-seat journey from Rushmere St Andrew and Bawdsey to Compass Community School Aylward Park: Meadow View in Blaxhall. The requirement is a small dedicated school transport service, carrying pupils between the named communities and the school. The main service category is transport services, excluding waste transport. Delivery is associated with the Rushmere St Andrew, Bawdsey and Blaxhall route in Suffolk, with the buyer based in Ipswich. The service sits within the council’s wider passenger transport purchasing arrangements and was run as a specific requirement for this school journey. The advertised vehicle capacity was four seats, making this relevant to operators providing small-scale passenger or private-hire transport for education and community journeys. This procurement has been awarded and the process is complete. Suffolk County Council ran a mini-competition under its Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of passenger transport services. Submissions were due by 09:00 on 12 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 09:00 on 11 August 2026. The contract was awarded on 17 August 2026 to a-z private hire services ltd. The recorded awarded value is £0. The contract period runs from 2 September 2026 to 31 August 2031, and the council reserved the right to extend it until 31 July 2033. The procurement record states that the contract could therefore cover a long-term school transport arrangement, subject to that extension right. For a future requirement of this type, credible competitors would be established passenger transport or private-hire operators able to provide a reliable four-seat vehicle and deliver a regular education journey between rural Suffolk communities and a named school. The successful supplier was a local private-hire business, indicating that route knowledge, dependable scheduling and the capacity to manage pupil transport would be commercially relevant. Suppliers would also need to understand how to participate in a mini-competition under the council’s passenger transport Dynamic Purchasing System, rather than relying only on general transport tendering experience. The opportunity was marked as unsuitable for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises, so businesses considering comparable work should assess whether their organisational scale and operating arrangements match the buyer’s expectations. ## 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. QLS061 2026-08-12 (0900) Rushmere St Andrew / Bawdsey to Compass Community School Aylward Park: Meadow View, Blaxhall (4 seats) 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 on 12/08/2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 on 11/08/2026 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website. The council reserves the right to extend this contract up until 31/07/2033. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d339a509-af6e-47b3-96f0-9338bacc102a | | 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 | 17 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 12 Aug 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 17 Aug 2026 | | Contract period | 2 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 | | 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 Passenger Transport | | 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-z private hire services ltd | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 17 Aug 2026 at 13:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d339a509-af6e-47b3-96f0-9338bacc102a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d339a509-af6e-47b3-96f0-9338bacc102a 17th August 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-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1732064a-8a59-4070-b4be-94b5795a8de8.json.