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# Suffolk County Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Suffolk County Council is a Local authority based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 795 published procedures, with 6 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Suffolk County Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PHVH-1657-HHMV` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 6
- **Total Published Procedures:** 795
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £51m (median award: £216k) across 79 of 79 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Suffolk), nhs-ods (SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (median of 21 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 5% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 10 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 114 (91%), Framework: 8 (6%), Dynamic purchasing system: 3 (2%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Route not published: 43 (34%), Open: 33 (26%), Direct award: 29 (23%), Limited / restricted: 16 (13%), Selective: 4 (3%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 34 notices, last 24 months (27% of this period)
2. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 30 notices, last 24 months (24% of this period)
3. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 6 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
4. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 5 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 4 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[405 cab co](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/405-cab-co-coh-09572843):** 36 procedures
2. **[Unity travel ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/unity-travel-ltd-coh-07844624):** 26 procedures
3. **[Phoenix Travel Contracts Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-travel-contracts-limited-coh-09479790):** 25 procedures
4. **[First Stop Travel East Anglia LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-stop-travel-east-anglia-ltd-coh-06812725):** 22 procedures
5. **[Star Cabs Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/star-cabs-ltd-coh-07752852):** 20 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Athena Care Homes (UK) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/athena-care-homes-uk-limited-coh-09202115):** £7.6m · [Discharge to Access (D2A) beds contract for Ipswich & East](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/discharge-to-access-d2a-beds-contract-for-ipswich-east-ocds-h6vhtk-069a06) · Awarded: 19 May 2026
2. **[CF Support Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cf-support-services-limited-coh-06872748):** £3.5m · [Dual placement (2-bed) residential children's home for Suffolk children in care aged 12-17 years including those aged 17 years](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dual-placement-2-bed-residential-children-s-home-for-suffolk-children-in-care-aged-12-17-y-ocds-h6vhtk-0515c5) · Awarded: 9 Sept 2026
3. **[Leading Lives](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/leading-lives-coh-ip031457):** £2.8m · [Short Term Enablement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-term-enablement-ocds-h6vhtk-0596c2) · Awarded: 3 Sept 2025
4. **[Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/norfolk-and-suffolk-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-NHS-RMY):** £2.8m · [Therapeutic support and mental health services for children in care](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/therapeutic-support-and-mental-health-services-for-children-in-care-ocds-h6vhtk-06e805)
5. **[Envar Composting Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/envar-composting-limited-coh-04272075):** £2.8m · [Lot 2 Lowestoft Transfer Station](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/east-suffolk-garden-waste-disposal-ocds-h6vhtk-04bcf3)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 23
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 58
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Suffolk County Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt