--- title: "QIP468 0900 2026-09-30 Bawdsey - Piper's vale academy, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council" published: "2026-10-01" --- # QIP468 0900 2026-09-30 Bawdsey - Piper's vale academy, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured a passenger transport service for travel from Bawdsey to Piper’s Vale Academy in Ipswich. The requirement calls for a four-seat vehicle and a passenger assistant (PA). It sits within the council’s wider passenger transport service, and the journey is associated with the Ipswich area. The buying organisation is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport. The work is a local, vehicle-and-attendant transport service rather than the supply of vehicles alone: the selected supplier is responsible for providing transport with a passenger assistant for the specified school journey. The procurement is complete and awarded. Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport selected Call A Cab Ipswich, with an award value of £192,318. The award date was 1 October 2026, and the contract period runs from 5 October 2026 to 31 July 2031. The underlying competition was run as a mini-competition under a Dynamic Purchasing System for passenger transport services. The submission deadline was 30 September 2026 at 09:00, and clarification questions were due by 29 September 2026 at 09:00. The requirement was for a four-seat vehicle and a passenger assistant on the Bawdsey-to-Piper’s Vale Academy journey. The procurement was assessed through competition; no specific evaluation criteria are recorded in the available process details. This award shows a defined requirement for school-related passenger transport linking Bawdsey with Piper’s Vale Academy in Ipswich: a four-seat vehicle and a passenger assistant must be provided together. A credible competitor when this requirement returns to market would need to organise suitable vehicle capacity and reliable staffing for the journey, with the operational ability to deliver the transport service consistently over a multi-year contract. The council used a mini-competition within its passenger transport Dynamic Purchasing System, so suppliers seeking comparable work would need to be positioned to compete through that route. The award provides a concrete example of Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport buying a specific vehicle-and-attendant service, rather than a general transport fleet or vehicle purchase. ## 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. QIP468 0900 2026-09-30 Bawdsey - Piper's vale academy, 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 2026-09-30. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 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/ba6e303b-8a3d-40fb-891b-be9ad223afcd | | 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 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £192,318 | | 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 | Call A Cab Ipswich | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 1 Oct 2026 at 10:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba6e303b-8a3d-40fb-891b-be9ad223afcd ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ba6e303b-8a3d-40fb-891b-be9ad223afcd 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-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-aa8836d9-6c71-4e1e-92ea-83383a5c8766.json.