AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport published an active award to SPRY Management for a four-seat passenger transport service between Carlton Colville and The Harleston Sancroft Academy, Harleston. The published record gives a planned service period from 19 October 2026 to 31 July 2027, but does not explicitly evidence contract signature.
Published outcomeOne active award was published on 14 October 2026. The supplier is named in the source as SPRY Management; its legal-entity identity remains unverified after a completed matching check.
Market significanceA small, route-specific passenger transport requirement competed through the stated Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System. The notice records £0, so no meaningful published contract value is available.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SPRY Management (unverified source supplier name)
90% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-c044f5b0-cb2b-4291-b451-4d7b9b5ab98e-1 · £0 published award value; not a meaningful disclosed contract value GBP · active award
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The award names "SPRY Management" as supplier and reports value amount 0 GBP. Supplier matching status is checked_unmatched.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
98% confidenceAwarded contract notice; award status active
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Process display status is "awarded" and the sole award status is "active".
Award decision date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award record date: 2026-10-14.
Contract conclusion
95% confidenceNot explicitly evidenced
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The source is an award notice and supplies an active award, but contains no explicit signature or concluded-contract field.
Planned contract period
96% confidence19 October 2026 to 31 July 2027
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Tender and award contract-period fields specify these dates.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£0 GBP
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The sole award value is amount 0, currency GBP.
Value interpretation
94% confidenceActual contract value unknown
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No pricing, estimated value, maximum value, or value basis is supplied; a zero-valued award record does not establish a nil-cost service.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Clarification deadline
91% confidence13 October 2026
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The description states that clarification questions were due Tuesday 13 October 2026.
Submission deadline
98% confidence14 October 2026, 09:00 BST
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Tender-period end date is 2026-10-14T09:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026, 14:29 BST
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Award notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-14T14:29:07+01:00.
Planned service start
96% confidence19 October 2026
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Award contract-period start date is 2026-10-19.
Planned service end
96% confidence31 July 2027
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Award contract-period end date is 2027-07-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
96% confidencePassenger transport route from Carlton Colville to The Harleston Sancroft Academy, Harleston
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Tender title and description identify the route.
Vehicle capacity
96% confidenceFour seated vehicle required
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Tender title states "4 seated vehicle required".
Service variation
94% confidenceTwo days have different drop-off times and addresses
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Tender title states "two days with different drop off times and address".
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 60000000 — Transport services (excl. waste transport)
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Tender classification is CPV 60000000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
95% confidenceMini-competition under the stated Passenger Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System
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Description says Suffolk County Council sought 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 state "Not specified".
Competition results
99% confidenceNumber of bidders, tenders received and evaluation results unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
94% confidenceApproximately 9 months and 12 days, based on published planned dates
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Published period runs from 19 October 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Extensions or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Commercial and performance terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Service profile
93% confidenceThe requirement is a narrowly specified school transport route with low vehicle capacity and timetable/address variation on two days.
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Tender title describes the route, four-seat vehicle requirement, and differing drop-off arrangements.
Value visibility
97% confidenceThe notice does not support commercial sizing because it records £0 and provides no rate or total-price breakdown.
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Award value is £0 GBP; no further pricing data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceSPRY Management is an unverified source supplier name, not a Companies House-verified legal company identity.
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Identity status is checked_unmatched following a completed lookup.
Published value anomaly
95% confidenceThe £0 award value should not be treated as the service's actual value.
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No value basis, estimate, rates, or pricing breakdown is supplied.
Delivery geography
98% confidenceDelivery-location data contains broad and conflicting geographic entries alongside IP1 2BX, while the narrative route is Carlton Colville to Harleston.
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Structured delivery addresses list United Kingdom, Europe, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Rest of the World and other entries; tender title specifies the route.
Publication basis
98% confidenceInformation is drawn from an award notice, not explicit contract-signature evidence.
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The document type is "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No explicit evidence that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded was supplied.
- The supplier name SPRY Management remains unverified: the completed matching workflow returned checked_unmatched and no verified legal company name or number was supplied.
- The £0 published award value has no stated basis; actual contract value, rates and pricing structure are unknown.
- Information not supplied in the published notice includes bidder numbers, bid prices, evaluation criteria and scores, award rationale, lot allocation, extension options, renewal terms and performance terms.
- Structured delivery locations are internally broad and inconsistent; the narrative route is the more specific published scope but does not resolve the structured location entries.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Suffolk County Council Passenger TransportSPRY ManagementCarlton ColvilleHarleston Sancroft Academyschool transportpassenger transportdynamic purchasing systemQOC871
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named as the supplier?
The award notice names SPRY Management. The supplied identity-check record found no safe verified company match, so the name remains unverified.
What is the contract value?
The award record reports £0 GBP. No pricing or value basis is published, so the actual contract value is unknown.
When is the planned service period?
The published contract period runs from 19 October 2026 to 31 July 2027.
Was a signed contract published?
No explicit contract-signature evidence is supplied. The record is an awarded contract notice with an active award.
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.