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Public sector contracts from Suffolk County Council
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- 188
- Awards, last 12 months
- 713
- Awards since 2021
- 421
- Distinct suppliers
- £63k
- Median contract value
- 86
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q3 2027.
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- 20 contracts end in the next 6 months
- Has published 8 planned procurements
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 102 new suppliers in the last 12 months
188 contract awards published in the last 12 months, up from 110 the year before, and 713 since 2021 from 421 suppliers.
Suffolk County Council at a glance
The median published contract value is £63k (672 contracts state a value).
Its most active procurement category is transport services.
UNITY TRAVEL ltd appears most frequently, holding 18 awards.
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86 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Coming next
8 planned procurements
What Suffolk County Council has said it will buy, from the pipeline notices it publishes on Find a Tender: the work, the expected tender date and, where given, the value, before the tender is advertised.
Tender expected Dec 2026 (in 3 weeks)
Community Equipment Services
£9.0mOpen procedureContract starts Oct 2027
Tender expected Jan 2027 (in 7 weeks)
Community Support Framework
£10.0mOpen procedureContract starts Oct 2027
Tender expected Feb 2027 (in 3 months)
Day, Evening and Weekend Opportunies
£105.0mContract starts Nov 2027
Tender expected Oct 2027 (in 11 months)
Family Carers Service
£6.0mOpen procedureContract starts May 2028
Tender expected Nov 2027 (in 1 year)
Key Stage 1 and 2 Alternative Education Provision
£9.5mContract starts Sept 2028
Tender expected Nov 2027 (in 1 year)
New Foster Care Select List
£40.0mContract starts Apr 2028
Tender expected Nov 2027 (in 1 year 1 month)
Suffolk Pan Public Sector Wide Area Network
£14.3mContract starts Jan 2029
Tender expected Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Provision of Bespoke Alternative Education Placements
£250.0mContract starts Sept 2027
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What Suffolk County Council has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
3 Nov 2026 (4 days ago)
12 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Tender published
Suffolk County Music Service County Music Groups Concert Tours 2027
Closes 10 Nov 2026
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
Awarded to Universal Cabs Ltd
21 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
21 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
19 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
Contract award
Recycling Centre Booking System and Weighbridge Ticket Data System
Awarded to PENTAGULL LTD
17 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
16 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
16 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
Contract award
QIP485 0900 2026-09-16 Felixstowe - WS Training, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle required) - AWARD
Awarded to GROUND TRAVEL -IPSWICH LTD
16 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
Contract award
QWE164 0900 2026-09-16 Ipswich to Poplar Care Farm, Hollesley (4-seater) - AWARD
Awarded to GROUND TRAVEL -IPSWICH LTD
14 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
Contract award
Individual Placement Support (Substance Misuse)
Awarded to INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD
9 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to CF SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
8 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
QOC014 0900 2026-09-08 Stanton, Suffolk to Yellow House, Clare (4-seater) - AWARD
Awarded to Dash Travel UK Ltd
7 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
QBH188 2026-09-07 (0900) Lowestoft - Bungay Primary School, Bungay (4 seats) - AWARD
Awarded to NEIL`S CAB TAXI
4 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to UNITY TRAVEL ltd
2 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
1 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to SCHOOLLINK SUFFOLK LTD
28 Aug 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to BSE TRAVEL LTD
25 Aug 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Occupational Health Solutions, Employee Assistance Programmes & Associated Services
Awarded to Health Partners Group Limited
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Most frequent suppliers
- UNITY TRAVEL ltdSME18 awards
- 405 CAB CO LTDSME14 awards
- Cabs SmartSME13 awards
- Nice Travel Solutions LimitedSME11 awards
- Hawk Express Cabs LtdSME11 awards
- Phoenix Travel Contracts Limited11 awards
- Anglia Care Trust10 awards
- Fast Cabs Ipswich LTDSME10 awards
- Star Cabs LTD10 awards
- First Stop Travel East Anglia LTD10 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
228 of 327 awards
9 of 262 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Suffolk County Council recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Suffolk County Council with a profile211
- - Hymans Robertson LLP2
- 24-7 Locks LTD2
- 24x7 LTD5
- 3T Training Services Ltd1
- 405 CAB CO LTDSME14
- A K CarsSME1
- a-z private hire services ltdSME3
- A2B Needham Market1
- AAA Cabs Ltd1
- Access Independent LTDSME3
- Access PaySuite Limited1
- ACCESS UK Ltd2
- AECOM Limited2
- Airmid Staffing LimitedSME1
- Alan Kelly t/a Kellys Cabs1
- Albany Travel (Ipswich) Ltd4
- Albies LimitedSME4
- Alcove Limited1
- All Day Cars LTD3
- All Travel Services LTDSME2
- Andalusia Trading Ltd T/A Roadrunner TaxisSME1
- Anglia Care Trust10
- Apprentify LtdSME2
- Aran Insulation Limited1
- Arcadis (Consulting) (UK) LTD1
- Arrow Taxi Services LtdSME1
- Athena Care Homes (UK) Limited1
- Athlon Mobility Services UK Limited1
- Atlas Private Hire Ltd8
- AVC Wise Limited1
- Babington Business College LTD3
- Bell Group LTD1
- Bennetts Companion Cars2
- Best Practice Network LTD1
- Biogen ( UK ) Limited1
- Birmingham City University1
- Blakedown Sport & Play Limited1
- BMG Research LTD1
- BottomLine Technologies Limited1
- Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited1
- BPP Professional Education Limited1
- BPP University LTD2
- Breakthrough Social Enterprise LimitedSME1
- Brooks and Wood Limited1
- BSE TRAVEL LTDSME2
- CABSSME1
- Cabs SmartSME13
- CACI Limited1
- Call A Cab IpswichSME1
- Cambridge and Huntingdon Airport Travel ServiceSME3
- Capella Associates Limited2
- CAPITA Business Services Limited1
- Channel 3 Consulting LTD1
- City College Norwich2
- CIVICA UK Limited1
- Cliff Project Management8
- Co-Wheels Car Club Community Interest CompanyCIC2
- Community Dental Services CICCIC1
- Cornerstone (East Anglia) Limited2
- CSA (Services) LTD3
- CU Apprenticeships (Better Futures) LTD1
- D R Fosdike Ltd1
- Dan's Prebooked Cars1
- Dash Travel UK LtdSME1
- Days Fleet1
- DDM HEALTH Limited1
- DEF Software Limited1
- DELL Corporation LTD1
- DPL Group Ltd5
- E. ON Energy Solutions Limited1
- EDF Energy Customers PLC2
- Education and Skills Training and Development LimitedSME2
- eEnergy Services UK Limited1
- EEQU Limited1
- Elite Private Hire1
- Emergency One (UK) LTd2
- ESRI (UK) Limited2
- ESTIO Training2
- Externiture Limited2
- Fast Cabs Ipswich LTDSME10
- FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited1
- Femme Cars Limited2
- Five One Taxis Ltd2
- Freshworks Incorporated2
- Futures Advice, Skills and Employment Limited2
- Get Skills Employment and Training LimitedSME4
- Ginger Nut Media Limited5
- Goldline LtdSME1
- Good to go rides ltdSME2
- GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY and TAX LLP1
- GROUND TRAVEL -IPSWICH LTDSME2
- Groundwork EastCharity1
- H&R Strood Contracts LimitedSME1
- Hawk Express Cabs LtdSME11
- Health Partners Group Limited1
- HGV Training Services Limited1
- Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited2
- Hunterexpress LtdSME4
- IDOX SOFTWARE Ltd1
- IKEN Business Limited2
- IMPOWER Consulting Limited2
- Interspiro Limited3
- Intertrain UK Limited1
- Intuitive Thinking Skills Limited1
- JGA LimitedSME1
- Just IT Training Limited1
- Kessingland Kabs Ltd3
- Language Line Limited1
- LDN Apprenticeships Limited1
- Lifetime Training Group LTD1
- London Hire Community Services Ltd1
- London South Bank University1
- Lovell Partnerships Limited1
- Lunchtime Company Limited1
- Mastered Studios Ltd1
- MBKB Limited7
- MEL Research Limited1
- METDESK Limited1
- Microsoft LTD1
- Milestone Infrastructure Limited1
- Mulleys Motorways Ltd4
- Multiverse Group LTD2
- Nash Auto LtdSME1
- Navigator Coaches Ltd1
- Newtax Limited1
- Nice Travel Solutions LimitedSME11
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust1
- Operational Research in Health Limited1
- ORACLE Corporation UK Ltd1
- OVE ARUP and PARTNERS LIMITED1
- P. Flannery Plant Hire (Oval) Limited1
- Pentaco Construction Limited1
- Pentagull Ltd4
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited1
- Peter Smythe Transport Training Limited1
- Phoenix Software LTD1
- Phoenix Travel Contracts Limited11
- PHS Home Solutions Limited3
- PJ Wayland's LtdSME1
- Pluxee UK LTD1
- Preservica LTD1
- Provide Community Interest CompanyCIC1
- QA Limited3
- Qroutes LTD1
- Quick Cab Services LtdSME1
- RadioComs Systems Ltd1
- Rainbows TransportSME2
- Realise Learning and Employment LTD1
- Reed In Partnership Limited2
- REED TALENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED (trading as Consultancy+)1
- Royal MENCAP SocietyCharity1
- Royal RidesSME2
- Safeway Cab Limited1
- SEFE Energy Limited1
- SEH French Limited1
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1
- Signis Limited1
- Simonds of Botesdale Limited1
- Simpson Associates Information Services Limited1
- SMRS Limited1
- Somewhere House Ltd2
- SPRY ManagementSME2
- SQW Limited1
- Star Cabs LTD10
- Steadfast Training Limited2
- Steer Davies Gleave Limited1
- Stephensons of Essex Limited1
- Stopford Information Systems Limited1
- Stowmarket Minibus and Coach Hire Ltd3
- Swarco UK Ireland Ltd1
- SWARCO UK Limited1
- Symology Limited2
- Synergize Limited1
- T.S.G. Building Services PLC1
- Tech Educators Limited2
- TERBERG DTS (UK) ltd1
- The Construction Skills People LTD1
- The JGA Group1
- The Open University1
- The Salvation Army2
- TheLightBulb Limited1
- Think Employment Limited1
- Thompsons Coaches LtdSME2
- Tile Hill Interim & Executive LTD1
- Tony Kirby Transport LimitedSME4
- TotalMobile Limited5
- Tribal Education LTD1
- TRS Training LimitedSME2
- True Cab Services Ltd1
- Turners of Gt Barton Ltd5
- Turning Point (Services) Limited4
- Tussell Limited2
- UNITY TRAVEL ltdSME18
- Universal Cabs LtdSME8
- University of East Anglia1
- University of Essex1
- University Of Exeter1
- Vimpex Limited2
- Virgin Media Business LTD2
- VOLKSWAGEN Group United Kingdom Limited1
- VP-AV Limited1
- Welfare Call (LAC) LTD1
- West Suffolk College3
- Westminster Drug Project1
- Whincop Coaches4
- Whitespace Work Software Limited1
- WONDE Limited1
- WPC Software Limited3
- YOURCAB LIMITEDSME1
- Zengenti Limited1
- Zoom Cambridge Cars LtdSME1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Suffolk County Council classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 60000000Transport services (excl. Waste transport)317
- 80530000Vocational training services74
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support48
- 80000000Education and training services31
- 85000000Health and social work services26
- 77314000Grounds maintenance services17
- 45000000Construction work13
- 90513000Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services4
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Suffolk County Council, in short
Who does Suffolk County Council award contracts to?
Across 713 contracts recorded since 2021, Suffolk County Council has used 421 different suppliers. The most frequent are UNITY TRAVEL ltd (18 contracts), 405 CAB CO LTD (14 contracts), Cabs Smart (13 contracts).
What does Suffolk County Council buy?
Its most active procurement categories are transport services, education and training, health and social care. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Suffolk County Council contracts come up for renewal?
86 contracts awarded by Suffolk County Council have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 18 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Suffolk County Council spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £63k, across the 672 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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Same type of body, by the address on their own notices. Most published awards first.
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 8 November 2025 to 7 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards were level, then rose in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 7 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 112, 110 and 188. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- 20 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 7 November 2026 and 7 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- Has published 8 planned procurements: Pipeline notices on Find a Tender whose expected tender date is still to come, or passed in the last 30 days.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 102 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 8 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 23 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 672 of 713 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 7 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Suffolk County Council [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council (Accessed: 7 November 2026).
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