PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CON-IBC14 2026-09-25 1200 Local Bus Service - Ipswich, Tower Ramparts - Gippeswyk Park (16 seats and wheelchair accessible vehicle) - AWARD

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport · published 19 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID6ea3cd74-624a-48c4-94f8-2a9a554d78dc-918267
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-84abce39-5f66-4f47-9df3-73aaae9f5731
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-154927
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£324,222
award field
Tender value
Not disclosed
tender field
Procurement method
Not specified
Category
services
CPV
60000000
Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Delivery
Not stated
IP1 2BX
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Suffolk County Council is seeking a mini competition against the following Dynamic Purchasing System: `The supply of Passenger Transport Services`, OJEU Notice Id: 2018/S 031-067685. Local Bus Service - service 14 - Ipswich, Tower Ramparts - Gippeswyk Park (16 seat, wheelchair accessible vehicle). Further details can be found in the 'Tenders / My Tenders' area of this website, by selecting the 'View Details' button for this project. The deadline for returned submissions is Friday 25th September 2026 at 1200. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is Wednesday 16th September 2026 at 1200 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website. The council reserves the right to extend this contract up until 4th January 2031.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release19 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published4 Jan 2027
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published25 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published4 Jan 2027
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published6 Jan 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Central Connect Transport Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 19 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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