--- title: "QIP100 0900 2026-08-14 Leiston/Campsea Ashe - Reboot education, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport" published: "2026-08-17" --- # QIP100 0900 2026-08-14 Leiston/Campsea Ashe - Reboot education, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured passenger transport services for an education journey between Leiston and Campsea Ashe and Reboot education in Ipswich. The requirement was for a vehicle with four seats and a PA. The service falls within transport services, excluding waste transport, and is a services contract. Delivery is associated with Ipswich, Suffolk, including the IP1 2BX area, and the named Leiston/Campsea Ashe route. The procurement was run by Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, the council’s passenger transport buying organisation. It concerns the practical operation of a small-capacity education transport service rather than the supply of vehicles alone, with the vehicle and PA forming part of the required service. This procurement has been awarded and is complete. It was a mini competition under the Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of Passenger Transport Services. Submissions were due by 9:00am on 14 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 9:00am on 13 August 2026. The contract was awarded to Nice Travel Solutions Limited on 17 August 2026 for £22,693.60 including the stated GBP currency. The awarded contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The published outcome identifies one active award and one supplier. The process record does not set out a separate quality, price or other evaluation weighting, so the award basis beyond the mini-competition route is not stated here. For a future requirement of this type, a credible competitor would need to provide a four-seated vehicle and a PA for an education transport journey serving the Leiston, Campsea Ashe and Ipswich locations. The awarded supplier was an Ipswich-based passenger transport business, indicating that practical local coverage and the ability to operate the specified route are central commercial considerations. Suppliers should be able to deliver a managed transport service, not merely hire out a vehicle, and should have the operational capacity to maintain the service throughout the required delivery period. The buyer’s use of a passenger transport Dynamic Purchasing System also makes familiarity with that route to market commercially relevant. The opportunity was assessed as unsuitable for SMEs and VCSEs. ## 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. QIP100 0900 2026-08-14 Leiston/Campsea Ashe - Reboot education, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and 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 0900 2026-08-14 . Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 2026-08-13 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/79b17e95-edf3-43ab-92e3-dad9bd700fde | | 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 | 14 Aug 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 17 Aug 2026 | | Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £22,693 | | 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 | Nice Travel Solutions Limited | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 17 Aug 2026 at 10:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79b17e95-edf3-43ab-92e3-dad9bd700fde ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79b17e95-edf3-43ab-92e3-dad9bd700fde 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-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-287a8121-5dd1-4e7a-b3f9-fd039d0f10a4.json.