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BuyerCalMac Ferries Limited
StatusClosed
Deadline16 May 2025
Value£192,000
Published16 Apr 2025

What is being bought

David MacBrayne HR (UK) Ltd (DMLHR) is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the Drug and Alcohol Testing requirements of the business.

Delivery location

UK · UKM · UKM6

Categories

Drug detection apparatus 38544000Analysis services 71620000Medical analysis services 85148000

Lot details

Lot 1

David MacBrayne HR (UK) Ltd (DMLHR) is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for the Drug and Alcohol Testing requirements of the business.

Statusactive
Value£192,000

Award criteria
Quality/Technical — 40
price — 60

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Drug detection apparatus, Analysis servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Drug detection apparatus (38544000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 381,6712 median · 12.5 average (678 of 1,671 with a bid count)3.1 average (781 of 1,671 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK4503 median · 37.8 average (128 of 450 with a bid count)6.7 average (163 of 450 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1663.5 median · 4.3 average (4 of 166 with a bid count)1 average (4 of 166 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability, economic
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05039d
Latest release ID015397-2025
Latest release timestampWed Apr 16 2025 07:44:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-05-16T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2025-05-16T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£192,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Apr 2025tender015397-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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