--- title: "QBE046 09:00 2026-10-01 Martlesham to Sir Peter Hall School, Bury St Edmunds - 4-seater vehicle and a Female Passenger Assistant required - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council" published: "2026-10-01" --- # QBE046 09:00 2026-10-01 Martlesham to Sir Peter Hall School, Bury St Edmunds - 4-seater vehicle and a Female Passenger Assistant required - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured a passenger transport service for a route from Martlesham to Sir Peter Hall School in Bury St Edmunds. The requirement was for a four-seat vehicle and a female passenger assistant. This is local passenger transport work, rather than a general vehicle supply contract, and the route serves travel between Martlesham and the school in Bury St Edmunds. The council ran the requirement as a mini-competition under its passenger transport services Dynamic Purchasing System. The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Universal Cabs Ltd. The award date was 1 October 2026, with the contract period running from 5 October 2026 to 31 July 2030. The awarded value is £161,538. The requirement was competed through a mini-competition under a Dynamic Purchasing System for passenger transport services. The tender submission deadline was 1 October 2026 at 09:00, and the deadline for clarification questions was 29 September 2026 at 09:00. The published information describes the vehicle and passenger assistant requirement but does not state the evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements. This award shows that Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport buys dedicated school-route transport combining a small-capacity vehicle with a female passenger assistant. Suppliers competing for comparable requirements will need to provide a suitable four-seat vehicle and staff the journey with an assistant who meets the buyer’s needs. The contract also indicates a multi-year service commitment rather than a one-off journey, so credible operators need to sustain both vehicle provision and passenger-assistant cover throughout a route’s operating period. The buyer used its passenger transport services Dynamic Purchasing System and a mini-competition for this requirement; suppliers seeking similar council work would need to be positioned to compete through that route. The council’s stated SME and VCSE suitability flags are both negative. ## 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. QBE046 09:00 2026-10-01 Martlesham to Sir Peter Hall School, Bury St Edmunds - 4-seater vehicle and a Female Passenger Assistant 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 2026-10-01. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 09:00 2026-09-29 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/5e869275-6e4a-425f-9e8f-cf824f4141d5 | | 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 | 1 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Oct 2026 | | Contract period | 5 Oct 2026 - 31 Jul 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £161,538 | | 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 | Universal Cabs Ltd | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 1 Oct 2026 at 13:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e869275-6e4a-425f-9e8f-cf824f4141d5 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e869275-6e4a-425f-9e8f-cf824f4141d5 1st October 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-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa5568f1-3e8a-45d4-88f8-b74cf6e5e87b.json.