Official UK procurement notice
Coach and Mini-Bus Hire Framework
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGlasgow City Council’s current Coach and Mini‑Bus Hire Framework is due to expire on 04 January 2027. The Council therefore intends to establish a new Framework Agreement to ensure continued provision of these services. The new Framework will cover the supply of coach and mini‑bus hire services for journeys both within and out with the Glasgow city boundary, supporting the requirements of Glasgow City Council (GCC) departments and its Arm’s Length External Organisations (ALEOs). The Framework will require the provision of flexible, reliable passenger transport services, which may include:
School trips and educational outings
Community and corporate events, Ad-hoc and planned passenger , transport journeys, Short‑notice and on‑demand transport requirements.
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver · Non-scheduled passenger transport · Public road transport services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Glasgow City Councils Current Coach and Mini-bus Framework is ending on January 4th 2026Planned
Glasgow City Councils Current Coach and Mini-bus Framework is ending on January 4th 2026.
This Framework will replace the current arrangements providing both planned and ad hoc transport services primarily to education establishments.
Requirements will vary in scope, from small vehicles to large coaches covering both long and short distances.
Suppliers will be required to hold relevant PVG membership, operator and driving licences alongside vehicle and insurance certifications. Additional information: The Council will utilise this market engagement exercise to determine the framework lot structure.
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).
- “Coach and Mini-Bus Hire Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Glasgow City Council buys Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 6017), and who usually turns up
Glasgow City 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: Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 6017) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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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 45 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.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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 bid4% / 0%
2–337% / 13%
4–630% / 0%
7+30% / 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.
Assess each lot i
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.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Coach and Mini-Bus Hire Framework” of this authority, but none of the 3 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1Glasgow City Councils Current Coach and Mini-bus Framework is ending on January 4th 2026CPV 6017Published estimate£3.0m
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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. The bar shows 69 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–336%
4–622%
7+36%
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
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.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Coach and Mini-Bus Hire Framework — held by Doigs Ltd and Doigs Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2026, 13:38 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2026, 13:38 BST
- Authority reference
GCC006613CPU- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037088- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0689a0Find a Tender
Publisher note: Glasgow City Council is keen to engage and support local transport companies, to deliver services on behalf of the Council. In partnership with SDP, the Council has arranged two initial events -one in-person and one online, for you to hear more about this upcoming opportunity. Please click on the link to book your attendance at the one that works best for you. Glasgow City Council has also arranged for SDP to walk inexperienced bidders through the tendering process once this opportunity has been published via Public Contract Scotland. Please click on the link below dated 9th June ’26 at 4:30pm if you would benefit from watching an expert walk you through the bidding process. Glasgow City Council Mini Bus & Coach Ad-hoc Framework Talking Tenders Webinar Tuesday 19 May 2026, 4:30-6:00pm https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/glasgow-city-council-mini-bus-coach-ad-hoc-framework-talking-tenders-webinar-2081/ Glasgow City Council Mini Bus & Coach Ad-hoc Framework Talking Tenders - In Person Tuesday 26 May 2026, 11:00am - 13:00pm Glasgow SDP Event https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/glasgow-city-council-mini-bus-coach-ad-hoc-framework-talking-tenders-in-person-2083/ Glasgow City Council Mini Bus & Coach Ad-hoc Framework Aligned Tender Training Webinar Tuesday 9 June 2026, 4:30-6:00pm Webinar https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/glasgow-city-council-mini-bus-coach-ad-hoc-framework-aligned-tender-training-webinar-2082/ NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=827859. (SC Ref:827859)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
23 Apr 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published182 days ago23 Apr 2026, 13:38 BST
- Tender notice expected144 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.