AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Norfolk County Council published an award and contract notice for passenger transport services procured through its DPS, covering July to September 2026. The notice records one active award and an active contract valued at £92,986,169.88, with a stated signature date of 30 September 2026. The named supplier field is a Norfolk County Council web link rather than an identifiable business, so the actual contractor or contractors cannot be confirmed from the supplied notice.
Published outcomeOne active award is recorded against lot 1. The associated contract record states a total value of £92,986,169.88 and a dateSigned of 30 September 2026.
Market significanceThe stated contract value is substantial for road passenger transport services, but it is a shared contract-level figure and cannot safely be allocated to a named supplier, individual route, or contractor.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Unverified supplier: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/43424/Passenger-Transport-Contracts
98% confidenceAward 095479-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Not individually stated GBP · Unverified; source supplier entry is a URL
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The active award lists this source supplier value. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched; no verified legal company name or company number was supplied. Contract value is recorded only at contract level.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Process published_at: 2026-10-09T09:37:11+01:00.
Award record status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 095479-2026-1 has status active.
Contract record status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 095479-2026-1 has status active.
Contract signature date
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 095479-2026-1 dateSigned: 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1 has status cancelled, despite the related award and contract records being active.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence92,986,169.88
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Contract 095479-2026-1 value amount: 92986169.88; currency: GBP.
Value allocation
99% confidenceNot allocated to an identifiable supplier, lot, route, or individual contract
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The source provides one contract-level value and does not provide individual supplier or lot values.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Coverage period described in notice
98% confidenceJuly 2026 to September 2026
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Process title and description state that awards concern the period July 2026 to September 2026.
Contract signature date
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00.
Award and contract notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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Process published_at: 2026-10-09T09:37:11+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service category
99% confidenceRoad transport services
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Primary CPV 60100000: Road transport services.
Procurement scope
98% confidencePassenger Transport Services under Norfolk County Council's DPS
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Process description: Award of contracts under the Council's DPS for Passenger Transport Services.
Lot structure
97% confidenceOne listed lot (lot 1); no lot title published
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Tender contains lot 1, with no title and a description directing readers to an external Council webpage.
Delivery regions
99% confidenceUKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK
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Tender item 1 lists these delivery-address regions.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; described as restricted procedure
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Process procurement_method: selective; procurement_method_details: Restricted procedure.
DPS context
98% confidenceAwards made under a dynamic purchasing system
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Process title and description explicitly refer to the Council's DPS.
Award criterion
95% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 awardCriteria contains one criterion of type price.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published in the supplied notice
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No bidder count, tenderer identities, scores, or evaluation results are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
98% confidenceActive in the source contract record
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Contract 095479-2026-1 status: active.
Signature evidence
99% confidenceContract record states it was signed on 30 September 2026
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Contract 095479-2026-1 dateSigned is populated.
Start and end dates
99% confidenceUnknown
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Process contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no contract period is supplied in the contract record.
Options and extensions
96% confidenceNo options stated for lot 1; extension terms unknown
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Lot 1 hasOptions: false. No extension provisions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial interpretation
94% confidenceThe notice appears to aggregate DPS passenger-transport awards, but the supplied data does not identify the underlying contractors or allocate the published value among them.
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The description refers to contracts awarded under a DPS, while the award lists a URL as its only supplier and the contract record provides only one aggregate value.
Supplier opportunity insight
99% confidenceNo named awardee, route-level scope, price breakdown, or award rationale is available in the supplied notice.
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No identifiable supplier, route descriptions, tender prices, scores, or rationale are included in the provided fields.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lifecycle signals
99% confidenceLot 1 is marked cancelled while its linked award and contract records are marked active.
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Tender lot 1 status: cancelled; award 095479-2026-1 status: active; contract 095479-2026-1 status: active.
Supplier field is not an identifiable company
99% confidenceThe source uses a Council webpage URL as the supplier name; verification completed without a safe company match.
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Source supplier name is the Norfolk Council URL; supplier_identity_status: checked_unmatched; verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null.
Unallocated value
99% confidenceThe £92,986,169.88 value is contract-level only and cannot be assigned to the URL-listed supplier or lot 1.
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Only the contract record contains a value; no award-, supplier-, or lot-level value is supplied.
Published detail is limited
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes contract start/end dates, individual contractor identities, lot title, individual values, routes, bidder information, scores, pricing, and extension terms.
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Relevant supplied fields are null, absent, or limited to an external link.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source has unresolved lifecycle inconsistency: the only lot is cancelled, while the linked award and contract are active.
- The source supplier entry is a URL rather than a company. The identity workflow completed with checked_unmatched status, so the actual awardee or awardees cannot be confirmed.
- The stated £92,986,169.88 is a shared contract-level figure; no supplier-, lot-, route-, or underlying-contract allocation is published.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes contract start and end dates, individual contractor identities, lot title, detailed scope, route information, bidder counts, evaluation results, prices, and extension or renewal terms.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Norfolk County Councilpassenger transportDPS awardsroad transport servicespublic procurement£92.99m contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Norfolk County Council's passenger transport DPS award?
The supplied notice does not identify an actual company. Its sole supplier entry is a Norfolk County Council webpage URL, and verification found no safe company match.
What is the stated value of the contract?
The contract record states £92,986,169.88. This is a contract-level amount and is not allocated to a supplier, lot, route, or individual contract in the supplied data.
Was the contract signed?
The contract record includes a dateSigned field of 30 September 2026. However, the linked lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract records are active.
When does the contract end?
No contract end date is supplied.
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