Official UK procurement notice
Covid-19 Support Grant - Restart: First Scotland
Authority: Transport Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the delivery of local bus services in Scotland
CPV: Public road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contract award notification modified to reflect the total award of Covid Support Grant…Awarded
Contract award notification modified to reflect the total award of Covid Support Grant funding
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2021, 09:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2022, 16:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028889- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029a1dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
In view of the emergency situation arising from COVID 19, contracts are awarded without a competition under Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 in order to allow bus services to meet demand while physical distancing requirements (and therefore carrying capacity constraints) remain in place.
Publisher note: This is the second modification of the original contract award, notice 2021/S 000-004780. This modification supersedes modification notice 2022/S 000-000435. (SC Ref:710200)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Sept 2020 → 13 Oct 2022 · 2 dates- Contract starts10 Sept 2020, 00:00 BST
- Notice published13 Oct 2022, 16:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited | £82,371,717 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited | £65,260,000 † | — | Awarded |
| First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited | £58,407,523 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Covid-19 Support Grant - Restart: First Scotland · First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2020
- Value
- £82,371,717
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2022
- Status
- active
- Change Contract award notification modified to reflect extension of Covid Support Grant funding, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Contract award notification modified to reflect extension of Covid Support Grant funding
Contract 004780-2021-1 · First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2020
- Value
- £65,260,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2022
- Status
- active
Covid-19 Support Grant - Restart: First Scotland · First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2020
- Value
- £58,407,523
- Period
- 10 Sept 2020 – 31 Mar 2022
- Status
- active
- Change Contract award notification modified to reflect the total award of Covid Support Grant funding, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Contract award notification modified to reflect the total award of Covid Support Grant funding
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Clerk's OfficeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.