--- title: "2026-08-17 09:00 - QBE409 Great Cornard to New Path Education, Bury St Edmunds - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport" published: "2026-08-18" --- # 2026-08-17 09:00 - QBE409 Great Cornard to New Path Education, Bury St Edmunds - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured passenger transport services for the route from Great Cornard to New Path Education in Bury St Edmunds. The requirement is a scheduled transport service connecting passengers from Great Cornard with the education establishment in Bury St Edmunds, within the wider category of transport services excluding waste transport (CPV 60000000). The named buyer is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The procurement was run as a mini-competition under the council’s Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of passenger transport services. The requirement is therefore relevant to operators able to provide dependable, route-based passenger transport serving Great Cornard, Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding Suffolk area. The procurement is complete and was awarded on 18 August 2026 following a mini-competition under the passenger transport Dynamic Purchasing System. The submission deadline was 09:00 on 17 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 15:00 on 7 August 2026. Opu Rahman t/a 786 Taxis Limited was awarded the contract, recorded at £0. The awarded contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. The underlying tender records the same service period and a completed status. The procurement category is services, and the tender was marked as unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The award was active, with no cancellation or termination recorded. Although this contract has been awarded, it shows a defined local demand for education-related passenger transport between Great Cornard and Bury St Edmunds, procured through Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport’s Dynamic Purchasing System. A credible future competitor would need to operate reliable passenger vehicles, plan and deliver a consistent scheduled route, and meet the practical demands of transporting passengers to an education setting. Local knowledge of Suffolk roads and journey timings would be useful, as would the capacity to provide dependable cover throughout the service period and maintain continuity for passengers. The successful supplier was a taxi business, indicating that an established taxi or private-hire operator with suitable vehicles, operational resilience and experience delivering contracted passenger services would be well placed for comparable requirements from this buyer. ## 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. Great Cornard to New Path Education, Bury St Edmunds. 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 Monday 17th August 2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 15:00 Friday 7th August 2026 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/df3f8596-57d7-4e28-aac7-7ee194403efc | | 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 | 18 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 17 Aug 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 18 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 | 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 | Opu Rahman t/a 786 Taxis | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 18 Aug 2026 at 15:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df3f8596-57d7-4e28-aac7-7ee194403efc ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/df3f8596-57d7-4e28-aac7-7ee194403efc 18th 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-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-35fe5d04-810c-4f68-a53e-572ab4339c1c.json.