Official UK procurement notice
Fuel Oil Testing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) is seeking to award a Framework Agreement for Fuel Oil Testing. This
requirement forms part of CFL’s commitment to ensuring compliance, operational efficiency, and costeffective
service delivery across its marine operations. The successful supplier will be expected to provide
a reliable, consistent, and compliant fuel oil testing service that supports both vessel and office-based
teams.
- Recurrence: August 2029
CPV: Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Technical testing services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CFL operates fleet of vessels and is responsible for ensuring compliance with…RenewalPublished value£200,000
CFL operates fleet of vessels and is responsible for ensuring compliance with international marine fuel regulations which is currently being carried out on an ad-hoc basis.
CFL requires testing of vessel fuel oil (marine gas oil) to ensure ongoing and verifiable compliance with the
latest applicable legislative standards, including but not limited to MARPOL Annex VI, the EU Sulphur Directive, Sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements, and any other international or regional environmental regulations. The objective is to confirm fuel quality, prevent machinery defects, and avoid non-compliance penalties.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical: 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
UKAS Accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025)
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to these statements when completing section 4B of the SPD (Scotland)
Statement for 4B - Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below:
Bidders must provide their ("general") yearly turnover for the last three financial years.
Bidders must provide their ("specific") yearly turnover for the last three financial years.
Bidders must must provide appropriate financial ratio information as set out within this Contract Notice.
Bidders must confirm they have the required levels of insurance as set out within this Contract Notice.
Minimum: Economic Operators must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement the following levels of insurance: Professional Risk Indemnity: 5 Million GBP Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5 Million GBP Public Liability: 5 Million GBP Product Liability: 5… - Technical & professional ability
- Understanding of the Requirement, demonstrable capacity and availability to
meet the Ordered Services outputs. (25%)
- Experience in delivering similar projects and requirements. (25%)
- Implementation Plan. (25%)
- Account Management. (25%)
Minimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: CFL requires that Bidders are able to demonstrate via previous examples that a range of goods and services have been provided in the past to other organisations with similar requirements. Bidders should note that evidence of meeting these c…
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Fuel Oil Testing” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · August 2029
- First published
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:38 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Sept 2025 – …
- Authority reference
AMBU23-102- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049539- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589e1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 60415. For more information see: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/go/309471070198BCF670A9 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 60415. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:807546)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Aug 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:38 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends397 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened397 days ago19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals ServicesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.