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Published 8 Sept 2025, 10:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE DUNOON – INVERCLYDE FERRY SERVICE

Official notice

Authority: Cowal Gourock Transport Link

Services
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: Scotland (UKM63)
Planned pipeline value£20,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 16 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DUNOON – INVERCLYDE FERRY SERVICE

CPV: Ferry transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Buyer is looking for one or more Suppliers to deliver the following aims:Planned

The Buyer is looking for one or more Suppliers to deliver the following aims:

High frequency, year-round competitively priced ferry service between Dunoon and Inverclyde.

The service is envisaged as operating with a minimum of two vessels with provision for a backup vessel. However the buyer is willing to consider other options that align with the desired outcome.

Repairs, insurance, and maintenance of the Linkspan at Dunoon.

Connection with Scotrail Trains into Glasgow and bus services to other areas served by Bus Services from Dunoon Ferry Terminal.

Operation of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport concessionary fares scheme. The Cowal Peninsula entitles the elderly and disabled to receive reduced ferry fares with a Strathclyde Concessionary Travel Ferry Card.

There is no Road Equivalent Tarif for vehicles as yet, though this may be introduced at some point by the government. Additional information: See attached Expression of Interest document

Delivery: Scotland · Cowal Peninsual / Inverclyde
60610000 Ferry transport services

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
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Sept 2025, 10:22 BST
Last source update
8 Sept 2025, 10:22 BST
Authority reference
CGTLink 01
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054532
Classification (CPV)
Ferry transport services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM63)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059589 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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=809541. (SC Ref:809541)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

8 Sept 2025 → 16 Feb 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    8 Sept 2025, 10:22 BST
  2. Tender notice expected254 days ago
    16 Feb 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cowal Gourock Transport Link

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityHousing and community amenities c/o Dunoon Community Council, Queens Hall, Dunoon, UK, PA23 7HHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.