--- title: "QBR079 2026-08-10 (0900) Lowestoft - Warren Lodge @ Warren School, Beccles (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARD" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport" published: "2026-08-20" --- # QBR079 2026-08-10 (0900) Lowestoft - Warren Lodge @ Warren School, Beccles (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARD Buyer: Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ee4e293c-e071-461e-89aa-d705707f707a.json) ## Summary Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport procured a passenger transport service for the QBR079 route from Warren Lodge in Lowestoft to Warren School in Beccles. The service requires a vehicle with eight passenger seats and a passenger assistant, supporting school travel between the two locations. It falls within transport services (CPV 60000000) and is classified as a service contract. The buying organisation is Suffolk County Council, with the council’s passenger transport function managing the requirement. Delivery is associated with Lowestoft, Beccles and the surrounding Suffolk area. The requirement is a focused, recurring-style school transport operation rather than a general transport supply contract, and is relevant to operators able to provide an appropriately sized vehicle, passenger assistance and reliable route delivery. The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Rainbows Transport on 20 August 2026. It was run as a mini-competition under the Dynamic Purchasing System for the supply of Passenger Transport Services. Submissions were due by 09:00 on 10 August 2026, with clarification questions due by 09:00 on 6 August 2026. The award value is £227,050 including the stated currency, pounds sterling. The awarded contract runs from 3 September 2026 to 31 August 2031. The council reserved the right to extend the contract until 31 July 2033. The published outcome identifies one active award and one supplier. The procurement was evaluated through the competitive mini-competition route within the passenger transport purchasing system. For a supplier considering future work with Suffolk County Council, this award demonstrates demand for dedicated school passenger transport on a defined Lowestoft–Beccles route. A credible competitor would need an eight-seat passenger vehicle, the ability to provide a passenger assistant and the operational capacity to deliver dependable, repeated journeys for a school-related service. Experience of passenger transport operations, safeguarding-conscious service delivery and managing transport involving children would strengthen a future response, although only the vehicle capacity and passenger assistant requirement are stated directly here. The route also shows the council’s use of a Dynamic Purchasing System and mini-competitions, so businesses seeking similar work would need to be positioned to participate through that purchasing route and respond competitively to individual transport requirements. ## 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. QBR079 2026-08-10 (0900) Lowestoft - Warren Lodge @ Warren School, Beccles (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 10/08/2026. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 0900 on 06/08/2026 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/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf | | 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 | 20 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 10 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 | £227,050 | | 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 | Rainbows Transport | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ### Codes - 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport) ## Release History - 20 Aug 2026 at 15:48 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf - 20 Aug 2026 at 15:34 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf - 20 Aug 2026 at 15:33 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf - 12 Aug 2026 at 08:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe59e3b2-adbc-4047-b7d3-237b971ecddf 20th 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. 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