Official UK procurement notice
Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of Passenger Transport Services
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council (The Council) has set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Passenger Transport Services. The Council is inviting suitably qualified operators to request to participate in the DPS for the provision of its Transport Services covering Private Hire, Hackney Carriage, PSV/PCV and other appropriately licenced vehicles.
If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your submission you will be invited by the Council to submit tenders for relevant services through a call for competition. This DPS remains open for any supplier to request to participate throughout the duration of the DPS. Interested parties can find further information on our website www.suffolkonboard.com/working-with-suffolk… ↗
The Council proposes to enter into contracts for periods of up to 5 years, dependent on the requirement, with options to extend. Such extensions will be at the discretion of the Council and subject to satisfactory performance. A combination of Lots/routes may be tendered.
We reserve the right to extend, shorten or terminate, in part or whole, any Lot or the entire DPS at any time giving 6 months' notice.
Please log into Suffolk Sourcing www.suffolksourcing.uk ↗ and search CD1204, and request to participate by completing and submitting the Selection Questionnaire.
CPV: Road transport services · Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Electronic auction
The Council may conduct some mini-competitions by way of E-Auction. In such cases, mini-competition documentation will state that this is the case.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Vehicles 16 seats and largerRenewal
The services subject of tenders generally falls within 3 categories;
- Registered local bus services: Tenders will be issued in response to changes in commercial provision where there is a requirement identified for a replacement service. Near to the end of their term, current contracts will also be assessed as to their performance and where this is satisfactory invitations to tender will be issued for similar provision.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 3,436,200 GBP;
- Home to school services: Tenders will be issued to provide transport for eligible students to educational centres. Transport is reviewed on an annual basis with new contracts usually commencing at the start of the academic year (September). The review will take into account the location of students attending each centre, current policy and student numbers. Vehicle sizes and routes are therefore subject to change.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 8,804,600 GBP;
- Specialised transport services: Passenger transport provides access for young people and adults to specialised provision as it is required. Such provision is subject to short notice change meaning that contracts may end before the date stated and new contracts may be issued.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 72,100 GBP.
Actual routes will be clarified within the mini competition documentation. Additional information: This DPS has been extended for a further 48 months to 23 February 2029. The duration given in II.2.7) is the duration of the extension period.
The extension will allow Suffolk County Council and potential bidders time to plan a suitable replacement under the Procurement Act 2023 that also takes into consideration the objectives of the National Procurement Policy Statement.
We reserve the right to extend, shorten or terminate, in part or whole, any Lot or the entire DPS at any time giving 6 months' notice.
Value excluding VAT: 600,000,000 GBP
Lot #2Small and specialist vehicles below 16 seatsRenewal
The services subject of tenders generally falls within 3 categories;
- Registered local bus services: Tenders will be issued in response to changes in commercial provision where there is a requirement identified for a replacement service. Near to the end of their term, current contracts will also be assessed as to their performance and where this is satisfactory invitations to tender will be issued for
similar provision.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 1,228,700 GBP;
- Home to school services: Tenders will be issued to provide transport for eligible students to educational centres. Transport is reviewed on an annual basis with new contracts usually commencing at the start of the academic year (September). The review will take into account the location of students attending each centre, current policy and student numbers. Vehicle sizes and routes are therefore subject to change.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 4,731,300 GBP;
- Specialised transport services: Passenger transport provides access for young people and adults to specialised provision as it is required. Such provision is subject to short notice change meaning that contracts may end before the date stated and new contracts may be issued.
The approximate annual spend is in the region of 39,158,400 GBP.
Actual routes will be clarified within the mini competition documentation. Additional information: This DPS has been extended for a further 48 months to 23 February 2029. The duration given in II.2.7) is the duration of the extension period.
The extension will allow Suffolk County Council and potential bidders time to plan a suitable replacement under the Procurement Act 2023 that also takes into consideration the objectives of the National Procurement Policy Statement.
We reserve the right to extend, shorten or terminate, in part or whole, any Lot or the entire DPS at any time giving 6 months' notice.
Value excluding VAT: 600,000,000 GBP
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for the Supply of…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Suffolk County Council buys Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60), and who usually turns up
Suffolk County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Transport services (except waste transport) (CPV 60) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East of England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside East of England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 57 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–612%
7+88%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Vehicles 16 seats and largerCPV 60000000Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–338%
4–622%
7+34%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £3.1m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £396k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.1m6 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 4 live · £920k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 20% above n=1 | |
| 16 awards in 36m · last 24 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 7 awards in 36m · last 24 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Small and specialist vehicles below 16 seatsCPV 60000000Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–339%
4–623%
7+33%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £3.1m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £396k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.1m6 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 4 live · £920k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | 20% above n=1 | |
| 7 awards in 36m · last 24 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 16 awards in 36m · last 24 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 3 Feb 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Feb 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Authority reference
CD1204- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003516- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db26Find a Tender
Publisher note: This DPS has been extended for a further 48 months to 23 February 2029. The duration given in II.2.7) is the duration of the extension period. This opportunity was previously advertised on the Official Journal of the European Union. The extension will allow Suffolk County Council and potential bidders time to plan a suitable replacement under the Procurement Act 2023 that also takes into consideration the objectives of the National Procurement Policy Statement. We reserve the right to extend, shorten or terminate, in part or whole, any Lot or the entire DPS at any time giving 6 months' notice. Value excluding VAT: 600,000,000.00 GBP
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Feb 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 2 dates- Notice published3 Feb 2025, 16:08 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria