Public sector supplier

Rainbows Transport public sector contracts

Rainbows Transport appears as a named supplier on 44 UK public sector contracts awarded since 2023.

16 of those were awarded in the last twelve months.

Its most frequent public sector customer is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, with 42 contracts, and it has supplied 2 buying organisations in total.

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16
Contracts, last 12 months
44
Contracts since 2021
2
Public sector buyers
£154k
Median contract won outright
5
Expiring in 18 months

These figures count published award notices from January 2021 onward, the point at which this database begins, and are comprehensive only from 2023. Contracts awarded before then, and any work not published as a public award notice, do not appear. This is a record of published contracts, not of turnover. Most recent award recorded 18 Sept 2026.

Overview

Most of that work falls under transport services.

43 of these were awarded to it as the only named supplier; the remaining 1 are contracts shared with other suppliers, typically a place on a framework rather than work awarded outright.

Among the contracts it won outright where a value was published, the median is £154k.

5 of its contracts are due to end within the next eighteen months.

Contracts won per quarter

Q3 242Q4 245Q3 255Q4 251Q1 262Q2 263Q3 2610

Recent activity

Latest contracts won

ContractBuyerValueAwarded
QBR089, 0900 2026-09-17, Lowestoft - The Woodview Project, Worlingworth (4 seats with passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£16k18 Sept 2026
QLT330 2026-09-07 (0900) Leiston - Horizon Primary School, Lowestoft (6 seats and a PA) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger TransportNot stated9 Sept 2026
QOC731 2026-09-07 (0900) Lowestoft - The Clare School, Norwich (4 seats and a PA) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£292k8 Sept 2026
QOC933 0900 2026-08-20 Pakefield - John Grant school, Caister (6-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£186k21 Aug 2026
QBR079 2026-08-10 (0900) Lowestoft - Warren Lodge @ Warren School, Beccles (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£227k20 Aug 2026
2026-08-18 0900 QOC593 Lowestoft - Aurora Eccles School, Quidenham, Norfolk (4 seater vehicle with a passenger assistant required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£309k19 Aug 2026
QLT347 2026-08-05 (0900) Kessingland - Warren School, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£266k(shared, 13 suppliers)7 Aug 2026
QLT328 2026-08-06 (0900) Bungay - The Ashley School, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£151k6 Aug 2026
QBH205 2026-08-03 (0900) Lowestoft - Castle East School, Bungay (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£209k5 Aug 2026
QLT345 2026-07-27 (0900) Saxmundham - Roman Hill Primary School, Lowestoft (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£207k30 Jul 2026
QBR074 2026-06-17 (0900) Wrentham / Leiston - The Woodview Project, Worlingham (8 seats and a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£242k18 Jun 2026
2026-05-22 09:00 - QOC402 Lowestoft & Bungay to Acorn Park School, Banham, Norfolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£170k22 May 2026
QLT912 2026-05-07 (0900) Lound - Warren School (8 seats with a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£256k7 May 2026
QLT335 2026-02-18 (0900) Carlton Colville - Lowestoft Library (4 seated vehicle) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£6k19 Feb 2026
QLT327 2026-01-14 (0900) Saxmundham to Include Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle with passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£30k16 Jan 2026
QLT257 2025-10-14 (0900) Walberswick to Horizon Primary School, Lowestoft (6 seated vehicle with passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£27k15 Oct 2025
QLT323 2025-08-22 (0900) Bungay to The Ashley School, Lowestoft (8 seated vehicle with a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£249k27 Aug 2025
QSB414 0900 2025-08-22 Lowestoft -Wetheringsett manor school, Wetheringsett Cum Brockford (4-seated individual vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£189k26 Aug 2025
2025-08-12 09:00 - QOC799 Bungay to Acorn Park School, Banham, Norfolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£306k15 Aug 2025
QLT891 2025-08-05 (0900) Lowestoft - Oulton Broad Primary School, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (8 seater vehicle with a passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£142k6 Aug 2025

Where a contract names more than one supplier it is usually a framework. The published value is the ceiling for the whole framework, shared by everyone on it, not the amount awarded to Rainbows Transport.

Who they supply

Most frequent buyers

  1. 01Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport42 contracts
  2. 02Suffolk County Council2 contracts

What they supply

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Common questions

Rainbows Transport, in short

Which public sector organisations does Rainbows Transport supply?

Across 44 contracts recorded since 2021, Rainbows Transport has supplied 2 UK public sector buyers. The most frequent are Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport (42 contracts), Suffolk County Council (2 contracts).

What does Rainbows Transport supply to the public sector?

Its contracts fall mainly under transport services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

How many public sector contracts has Rainbows Transport won?

44 since 2021, of which 43 were awarded to it as the only named supplier and 1 are shared with other suppliers, usually a place on a framework. This counts award notices published to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, so it is a record of published awards rather than of total revenue.

When do Rainbows Transport contracts come up for renewal?

5 contracts held by Rainbows Transport have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Jul 2027. End dates are published in the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

Where does this information about Rainbows Transport come from?

From contract award notices published by the buyers themselves to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder under the Open Government Licence. Coverage starts in 2021 and is comprehensive from 2023, so contracts awarded before then, and any award not published to those portals, will not appear.

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. This page describes contracts published by public bodies and is not affiliated with Rainbows Transport.