Public sector supplier

Universal Cabs Ltd public sector contracts

Universal Cabs Ltd appears as a named supplier on 104 UK public sector contracts awarded since 2024.

74 of those were awarded in the last twelve months.

Its most frequent public sector customer is Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport, with 99 contracts, and it has supplied 2 buying organisations in total.

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74
Contracts, last 12 months
104
Contracts since 2021
2
Public sector buyers
£71k
Median contract won outright
17
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 22 Sept 2026.

Coming up for renewal

17 contracts expiring in the next 18 months

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ContractBuyerValueExpires
QOC889 09:00 2026-05-28 Long Melford, Suffolk to Coggeshall Therapeutic Provision, Earls Colne, Essex - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£18k31 Mar 2027
QSC215 09:00 2025-11-05 Ipswich, Suffolk to Sudbury Hub, Sudbury, Suffolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£20k11 Apr 2027
QIP390 0900 2026-02-16 Stowmarket - Morland primary school, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£41k30 Jun 2027
QIP044 09:00 2026-04-23 Ipswich, Suffolk to Shotley Primary School, Shotley, Suffolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£28k17 Jul 2027
2025-08-05 09:00 - QBE845 Sproughton to King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£56k31 Jul 2027
QIP006 09:00 2026-02-25 Framsden, Suffolk to Chantry Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£25k31 Jul 2027
QIP047 09:00 2026-05-11 Haughley, Suffolk to Shotley Primary School, Shotley Suffolk & Brooks House, Ipswich, Suffolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£50k31 Jul 2027
QSB436 0900 2026-02-06 Wetheringsett manor school, Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£63k31 Jul 2027
QIP480 0900 2026-09-07 East Bergholt - Suffolk new college, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£21k31 Jul 2027
QBE002 0900 2025-0-18 Sudbury to Green Light Trust, The Foundry, Bury Rd, Harrow Green, Bury Saint Edmunds IP29 4PJ (4-seater vehicle with Passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£37k31 Jul 2027
QIP031 0900 2025-08-26 Glemsford to ONE, Scrivener Dr, Pinewood, Ipswich IP8 3SU (4 seater vehicle required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£39k31 Jul 2027
QBE005 09:00 2026-01-29 Ipswich Suffolk to Willow House, Mildenhall, Suffolk - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£16k31 Jul 2027
QIP994 0900 2026-09-09 Brome and Oakley- Westbridge academy, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£19k31 Jul 2027
QIP079 0900 2025-11-25 Kesgrave to Genesis 6 Wright Road Ipswich IP3 9JG (4-seater vehicle with Passenger assistant) required - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£27k31 Jul 2027
QLT995 2025-10-29 (0900) Kesgrave, Ipswich to The Ashley School, Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle with passenger assistant) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£63k31 Jul 2027

Overview

Most of that work falls under transport services.

94 of these were awarded to it as the only named supplier; the remaining 10 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 £71k.

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

Contracts won per quarter

Q4 242Q1 253Q2 251Q3 2522Q4 2521Q1 2615Q2 2615Q3 2620

Recent activity

Latest contracts won

ContractBuyerValueAwarded
QIP146 0900 2026-09-22 Ipswich to One Sixth Form College, Ipswich (4-seater, PA and folding wheelchair) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£59k22 Sept 2026
QSB462 0900 2026-09-15 Bury St Edmunds - Wetheringsett manor school, Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£204k18 Sept 2026
QIP920 0900 2026-09-15 Shotley - Sir Bobby Robson school, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£83k16 Sept 2026
QBE103 09:00 2026-09-16 Glemsford to West Suffolk College (Milburn Campus), Bury ST Edmunds - 4-seater vehicle required - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£95k16 Sept 2026
QSC243 09:00 2026-09-10 Earl Soham to Chalk Hill, Gt Cornard, Sudbury - 4-seater vehicle required - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£123k11 Sept 2026
QIP994 0900 2026-09-09 Brome and Oakley- Westbridge academy, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£19k10 Sept 2026
QIP480 0900 2026-09-07 East Bergholt - Suffolk new college, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£21k8 Sept 2026
QIP417 0900 2026-09-07 Ipswich - Building SEND Castles, Ipswich (4-seated individual vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£18k8 Sept 2026
QSB172 0900 2026-09-03 Saxmundham - Wetheringsett manor school, Wetheringsett Cum Brockford (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£232k4 Sept 2026
2026-08-25 0900 QLS064 Beccles to Compass Community School Aylward Park, Leiston (4 seated vehicle with a passenger assisant required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger TransportNot stated2 Sept 2026
QIP068 0900 2026-08-27 Claydon, Ipswich - New skill centre, Ipswich (Individual transport and Female Driver required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£36k28 Aug 2026
QOC829 09:00 2026-08-25 Ipswich to Gretton School, Girton, Cambs, - 4-seater vehicle, Individual Trp & a female Passenger Assistant required - Weekly boarder - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£40k26 Aug 2026
QSC232 09:00 2026-08-19 Onehouse to Hillside Special School, Sudbury - 4-seater vehicle with a PA - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£205k24 Aug 2026
QIP947 0900 2026-08-20 Leiston - Apex education, Ipswich (4-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£49k21 Aug 2026
QSC234 09:00 2026-08-19 Glemsford to Hillside Special School, Sudbury - 4-seater, Individual transport & PA required - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£200k19 Aug 2026
2026-08-07 09:00 - QBE976 Rougham to Riverwalk School, Bury St Edmunds - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£485k(shared, 11 suppliers)18 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
QSB258 0900 2026-08-03 Great Blakenham - Centre academy East Anglia, Brettenham (4-seated vehicle and a female PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£237k(shared, 11 suppliers)4 Aug 2026
QSB201 0900 2026-07-27 Brief description of service to be provided Haverhill - Olive academy, Stowmarket (4-seated vehicle required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£72k(shared, 18 suppliers)3 Aug 2026
QIP091 1300 2026-07-17 Ipswich - Ipswich academy, Ipswich (8-eated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARDSuffolk County Council Passenger Transport£140k22 Jul 2026

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 Universal Cabs Ltd.

Who they supply

Most frequent buyers

  1. 01Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport99 contracts
  2. 02Suffolk County Council5 contracts

What they supply

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Common questions

Universal Cabs Ltd, in short

Which public sector organisations does Universal Cabs Ltd supply?

Across 104 contracts recorded since 2021, Universal Cabs Ltd has supplied 2 UK public sector buyers. The most frequent are Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport (99 contracts), Suffolk County Council (5 contracts).

What does Universal Cabs Ltd 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 Universal Cabs Ltd won?

104 since 2021, of which 94 were awarded to it as the only named supplier and 10 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 Universal Cabs Ltd contracts come up for renewal?

17 contracts held by Universal Cabs Ltd have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Mar 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 Universal Cabs Ltd 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 Universal Cabs Ltd.