--- title: "QLT349 2026-08-11 (0900) Lowestoft - Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport" published: "2026-08-12" --- # QLT349 2026-08-11 (0900) Lowestoft - Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured passenger transport services for Sunrise Academy in Lowestoft. The requirement was a dedicated journey serving the academy, using a vehicle with eight passenger seats and a passenger assistant. It falls within the wider category of transport services, covering the movement of passengers rather than goods or waste. The delivery location is Lowestoft, with the procurement linked to the council’s passenger transport function in Suffolk. The buyer is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, whose address is in Ipswich. The service is intended to support travel to and from the school and requires an operator able to provide both the vehicle and the passenger-assistance element as part of one transport service. This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. It was run as a mini-competition under the Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of passenger transport services. SPRY Management was awarded the contract on 12 August 2026 for £171,950. The contract period runs from 3 September 2026 to 31 August 2031. The original tender deadline was 9am on 11 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 9am on 10 August 2026. The council reserved the right to extend the contract until 31 July 2033. The award is recorded as active. The published information does not set out separate lots or an award-criteria weighting, so the available outcome is the supplier, value, route and contract term rather than a detailed scoring basis. For a future requirement of this type, credible suppliers would need experience delivering scheduled passenger transport for school users, with reliable safeguarding-aware operations and the capacity to provide an eight-seat vehicle alongside a passenger assistant. The winning model demonstrates that the council values a complete, dependable service rather than vehicle provision alone. Operators should be comfortable participating in a Dynamic Purchasing System mini-competition and responding to tightly managed clarification and submission processes. Relevant strengths would include local knowledge of Lowestoft and Suffolk, consistent driver and passenger-assistant cover, suitable vehicles, contingency arrangements for absence or breakdown, and evidence of dependable day-to-day service delivery. The procurement was not identified as suitable for SMEs, indicating that comparable future work may favour suppliers with established operational capacity. ## 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. QLT349 2026-08-11 (0900) Lowestoft - Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) 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 11/08/2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 on 10/08/2026 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/9819e6f4-9bcb-4264-a091-d46aaa28f68b | | 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 | 12 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 11 Aug 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 12 Aug 2026 | | Contract period | 3 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £171,950 | | 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 | SPRY Management | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 12 Aug 2026 at 11:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9819e6f4-9bcb-4264-a091-d46aaa28f68b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9819e6f4-9bcb-4264-a091-d46aaa28f68b 12th 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-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d54d9ee7-8253-4219-ba6a-d1e1bb293e5f.json.