Official UK procurement notice
Janitorial and Catering Consumables
Authority: CalMac Ferries Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionsupply of janitorial and catering consumables for vessels, ports and offices
CPV: Catering supplies · Cleaning compounds · Cleaning products · Disposable catering supplies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1CalMac Ferries Limited are seeking a supplier to provide janitorial and Catering…Planned
CalMac Ferries Limited are seeking a supplier to provide janitorial and Catering Consumables to our vessel fleet, ports and offices. We are seeking innovative solutions to streamline our current product range, delivery solutions to ensure products are available in our more remote locations on time, meet all current environmental standards and safety obligations
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How CalMac Ferries Limited buys Cleaning products (CPV 3983), and who usually turns up
CalMac Ferries Limited has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Cleaning products (CPV 3983) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
i
How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
i
How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
i
How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
i
How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
i
How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–314%
4–67%
7+75%
How did awards compare with estimates?
i
Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate38%
Within ±2%38%
Above estimate25%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CalMac Ferries Limited are seeking a supplier to provide janitorial and Catering…CPV 3983Published estimate£2.0m
i
How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 22 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–350%
4–627%
7+14%
i
Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 14 Jul 2026, 15:25 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 15:25 BST
- Authority reference
CSOP25-598- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066323- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cb16Find a Tender
Publisher note: Caledonian MacBrayne, trading as CalMac Ferries Ltd, is in the early stages of defining the requirements for this procurement exercise. This Prior Information Notice is intended to inform the market of our intention to undertake a procurement process and to offer interested parties an opportunity for early engagement. A buyer presentation will be held in August 2026 via Microsoft Teams. This session will introduce suppliers to Caledonian MacBrayne and provide a high level overview of the anticipated requirements. Following the session, interested parties will be invited to complete a pre market engagement questionnaire, which will help shape our procurement approach. Due to the expected level of interest, Caledonian MacBrayne is unable to accommodate one to one meetings with suppliers at this stage. To register for the presentation session, please contact: Jason Brown – Procurement Manager Email: [email protected] Please use the subject line: Janitorial and Catering Consumables. In your email, include the email addresses of all attendees from your organisation. Requests to attend the presentation should be sent no later than Monday 7 August 2026 at 1200. 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 Notice>Buyer ID CalMac Ferries Limited>Notice type Future Opportunities (SC Ref:826898) 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=837242. (SC Ref:837242)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
14 Jul 2026 → 10 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published102 days ago14 Jul 2026, 15:25 BST
- Tender notice expected76 days ago10 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
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
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.