AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport published an award notice for passenger transport route QSC175, covering travel from Ipswich & Hadleigh to Chalk Hill, Great Cornard, Sudbury (4 seats). The active award names CABS 4 U LTD and is valued at £99,928.98.
Published outcomeAwarded to CABS 4 U LTD under a mini-competition against the ‘Supply of Passenger Transport Services’ Dynamic Purchasing System.
Market significanceThis is a £99,928.98 passenger transport award with a stated term from 15 October 2026 to 31 July 2030. The notice says the council reserves the right to extend the contract until 31 July 2031, but no exercised extension is reported.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CABS 4 U LTD
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-a2de1f10-bba8-4a86-8429-13b6e8ca8d6f-1 · 99928.98 GBP · active
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The active award identifies source supplier ‘Cabs 4 U’; supplier verification resolves this to CABS 4 U LTD (company number 08858646). Award value is £99,928.98.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source status complete
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Process display status is ‘awarded’; notice type is ‘Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder’; source status is ‘complete’.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-a2de1f10-bba8-4a86-8429-13b6e8ca8d6f-1 has status ‘active’.
Contract execution
98% confidenceNot explicitly evidenced
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The published award data provides an active award and contract-period dates but does not explicitly state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£99,928.98
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Award value amount is 99928.98, currency GBP.
Value basis
99% confidenceNot stated
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No value basis, pricing breakdown, VAT treatment or minimum/maximum value is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Clarification deadline
95% confidence12 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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Tender description states clarification questions were due by 2026-10-12 0900.
Submission deadline
99% confidence13 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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Tender period end date is 2026-10-13T09:00:00+01:00.
Award date
99% confidence14 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026, 13:07 BST
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Award notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-14T13:07:06+01:00.
Stated contract start
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award contract period start is 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated contract end
99% confidence31 July 2030
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Award contract period end is 2030-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidencePassenger transport route QSC175: Ipswich & Hadleigh to Chalk Hill, Great Cornard, Sudbury (4 seats)
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Process title and description name QSC175 and the route, including ‘(4 seats)’.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 60000000 — Transport services (excl. waste transport)
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Published primary CPV classification is 60000000.
Lots
99% confidenceNo lot structure or allocation published
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No lots are supplied and the award has no lot IDs.
Delivery geography
97% confidenceRoute geography indicated by the requirement; structured delivery-location fields are broad and inconsistent
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The route names Ipswich, Hadleigh, Great Cornard and Sudbury, while structured delivery addresses include United Kingdom and several non-UK geographic labels.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
98% confidenceMini-competition under a Dynamic Purchasing System
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Tender description states that Suffolk County Council was seeking a mini competition against ‘The supply of Passenger Transport Services’ DPS, OJEU Notice 2018/S 031-067685.
Procurement method
99% confidenceNot specified
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Published procurement method details are ‘Not specified’.
Competition metrics
99% confidenceNot published
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The notice provides no number of invited suppliers, bids received, bidder identities, evaluation scores or award rationale.
SME/VCSE suitability flags
99% confidenceSME: no; VCSE: no
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Tender suitability fields state sme false and vcse false.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
99% confidence15 October 2026 to 31 July 2030
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Published award contract period runs from 2026-10-15 to 2030-07-31.
Extension provision
97% confidenceCouncil reserves the right to extend up to 31 July 2031
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Tender description states that the council reserves the right to extend the contract until 31 July 2031.
Extension exercise
99% confidenceNot reported
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No modification or extension exercise is included in the supplied award data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
98% confidenceSingle published award to one verified supplier
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One active award is supplied and it names one supplier, CABS 4 U LTD.
Value attribution
98% confidenceThe £99,928.98 value is attributable to the single published award
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The only supplied award names one supplier and carries the £99,928.98 value.
Procurement context
97% confidenceOpportunity was competed within an existing passenger-transport DPS rather than published as an open procedure
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The tender description describes a mini-competition against the named DPS.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Contract status interpretation
98% confidenceAward status is active, but signature is not evidenced
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The data records an active award and a contract period, without an explicit signature or execution field.
Published information gap
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: bids, evaluation, award rationale, price breakdown, VAT treatment and detailed service specification
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None of these fields or documents are included in the supplied notice data.
Delivery-location quality
98% confidenceStructured delivery locations contain broad and apparently irrelevant geographic entries
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Delivery fields list British Oversea Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man and Rest of the World alongside the UK, whereas the narrative describes a Suffolk route.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity verified
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Supplier-verification workflow resolved source name ‘Cabs 4 U’ to CABS 4 U LTD, company number 08858646, using a normalised-name match.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published record is an award notice and does not explicitly evidence that a contract was signed.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, bidder list, evaluation criteria or scores, award rationale, detailed service specification, pricing breakdown, VAT treatment and value basis.
- No lot titles, lot allocations or individual lot values are published.
- The award notice states a right to extend until 31 July 2031 but does not provide extension pricing, conditions or evidence that an extension has been exercised.
- Structured delivery-location fields include broad and apparently irrelevant geographies that conflict with the Suffolk route described in the narrative.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
CABS 4 U LTDSuffolk County Council Passenger TransportQSC175passenger transport servicesIpswichHadleighGreat CornardSudburyDynamic Purchasing SystemContracts Finder
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the QSC175 passenger transport award?
CABS 4 U LTD was the verified legal supplier named for the active award. The source notice names the supplier as Cabs 4 U.
What is the value of the QSC175 award?
The published award value is £99,928.98.
When does the stated contract period run?
The published contract period runs from 15 October 2026 to 31 July 2030. The council reserves a right to extend up to 31 July 2031.
Was the contract signed?
The supplied data does not explicitly confirm contract signature. It records an active award and stated contract-period dates.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.