Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the Supply of Fuel Additives and associated services
Authority: ScotRail Trains Limited·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScotRail are tendering for a single supplier framework for fuel additive and associated services at its Engineering Depots (Cadder, Corkerhill, Eastfield, Haymarket, Inverness and Perth). The intent is to provide both a performance improvement / emissions reduction fuel additive, as well as a fuel biocide additive which should be compatible with the existing infrastructure.
CPV: Gas oils
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,150,000
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).
- Shortlisting
- This is a 'negotiated procedure with prior call for competition' in which both your response to the PQQ and your Initial Tender are to be completed simultaneously and both are to be submitted at the latest by 12:00 on 17th September 2025. As such, please ignore section 'IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates' in this notice and the dates provided there. The timescales outlined within the 'Invitation to Request to Participate and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN): Framework for the supply of Fuel Additives and associated services contained within the WAX Digital portal should be adhered to. To participate you must submit an electronic PQQ and ITN via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline. The system can be accessed here https://scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- “Framework for the Supply of Fuel Additives and associated services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Feb 2024, 10:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 10:09 GMT
- Authority reference
SR-PACT-PROJ-192- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017179- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043c02Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: This is a 'negotiated procedure with prior call for competition' in which both your response to the PQQ and your Initial Tender are to be completed simultaneously and both are to be submitted at the latest by 12:00 on 17th September 2025. As such, please ignore section 'IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates' in this notice and the dates provided there. The timescales outlined within the 'Invitation to Request to Participate and Invitation to Negotiate (ITN): Framework for the supply of Fuel Additives and associated services' contained within the WAX Digital portal should be adhered to. To participate you must submit an electronic PQQ and ITN via the ScotRail Wax Sourcing System by the deadline. The system can be accessed here https://scotrail.wax-live.com/S2C/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx (SC Ref:824852)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
4 Apr 2024 → 26 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected4 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published244 days ago26 Feb 2026, 10:09 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025- Published value published: £1,150,00014 Aug 2025, 13:28 BST
- Status changed to active14 Aug 2025, 13:28 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Aug 2025, 13:28 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST14 Aug 2025, 13:28 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Aug 2025, 13:28 BST
- Status changed to complete19 Feb 2026, 09:20 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-02: 1 release · 22 Feb 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates; the JSON mirror lists them.
Contracts
Contract 015056-2026-1
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 017179-2026-1
- Signed
- 5 Dec 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria