AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport published an awarded-contract notice for a passenger transport route from Beck Row to Witchfield Village College using a 4-seater vehicle. The published award is to the unverified source-named supplier Asad Ali T/a Express Services Newmarket Ltd, with an award value of £17,532.84.
Published outcomeOne active award record was published on 16 October 2026. The record gives a contract period from 20 October 2026 to 31 July 2028, but does not explicitly evidence signature.
Market significanceA small-value passenger transport award competed through the stated Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Asad Ali T/a Express Services Newmarket Ltd
88% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-60af227b-b17f-4220-b7c2-a47990aee040-1 · 17532.84 GBP · Unverified supplier name; named on active award
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The award names “Asad Ali T/a Express Services Newmarket Ltd” as its supplier and gives an award value of GBP 17,532.84. Supplier matching completed with status checked_unmatched; no verified company name was supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published notice type
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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The process notice type and award document are both labelled “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder.”
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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The award record status is “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceUnknown
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The supplied record contains an active award and contract-period dates, but no explicit signature or concluded-contract field.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£17,532.84
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The sole award record states amount 17532.84 and currency GBP.
Value allocation
95% confidenceAllocated to the sole published award
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One award record is supplied, with one named supplier and a GBP 17,532.84 value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
99% confidence15 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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The tender period end date is 2026-10-15T09:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence16 October 2026
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The award date is 2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence16 October 2026, 13:20 BST
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The award notice document was published at 2026-10-16T13:20:29+01:00.
Published contract period start
98% confidence20 October 2026
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The tender and award contract periods state a start date of 2026-10-20.
Published contract period end
98% confidence31 July 2028
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The tender and award contract periods state an end date of 2028-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
96% confidencePassenger transport route from Beck Row to Witchfield Village College, Witchfield, using a 4-seater vehicle
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The title and description state “Beck row to Witchfield Village College, Witchfield, Cambs - 4-seater vehicle required.”
Category
99% confidenceTransport services (excl. waste transport)
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The primary CPV classification is 60000000, described as “Transport services (excl. Waste transport)”.
Lot structure
99% confidenceNo lot allocation published
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No lots are supplied and the award has no lot IDs.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Competition route
96% confidenceMini competition under the stated Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System
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The description says Suffolk County Council is seeking a mini competition against “The supply of Passenger Transport Services” DPS, OJEU Notice Id 2018/S 031-067685.
Procurement method
99% confidenceNot specified
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The published procurement-method detail is “Not specified”.
Bidder and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
98% confidence20 October 2026 to 31 July 2028
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The supplied tender and award contract-period fields give these dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Vehicle requirement
96% confidence4-seater vehicle required
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Stated in the procurement title and description.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award scale
94% confidence£17,532.84 published award value for a 4-seater passenger transport requirement
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The award value is GBP 17,532.84 and the title specifies a 4-seater vehicle.
Commercial rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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The notice does not publish pricing, quality scores, bidder numbers, or reasons for award.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier verification limitation
99% confidenceThe named supplier could not be safely matched to a verified company record.
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Supplier identity status is checked_unmatched; the workflow completed without a verified company name or number.
Delivery geography quality
99% confidencePublished delivery locations include broad and inconsistent territories, so they are not reliable as the route location.
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Delivery addresses list, among others, British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, Rest of the World and United Kingdom, while the requirement title identifies Beck Row and Witchfield Village College.
Missing commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown, lot value, extension terms, or explicit signature evidence is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier source name is unverified: the completed matching workflow returned checked_unmatched, with no verified company name or number.
- The notice does not explicitly evidence a signed or concluded contract, despite publishing an active award and contract-period dates.
- No bidder count, evaluation results, award rationale, pricing breakdown, individual lot information, extension terms, or renewal terms were supplied.
- Published delivery-location entries are broad and inconsistent with the route-specific requirement, so precise delivery geography cannot be inferred from them.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Suffolk County Council Passenger TransportBeck RowWitchfield Village Collegepassenger transportContracts Finder awarddynamic purchasing system
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as the supplier?
The award names Asad Ali T/a Express Services Newmarket Ltd. The supplied verification workflow did not find a safe company match, so this remains an unverified source name.
What is the published award value?
The sole published award value is £17,532.84.
When is the published contract period?
20 October 2026 to 31 July 2028. The notice does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed.
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