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North Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions

Public road transport services
Scotland (UKM72)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Suitable for SMEs
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 23:40 BST
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Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
1lots
1 lot · 1 published item
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~39 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 39 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£1,941,611
Contract/award value: £1,941,611
2 award suppliers linked
Bidding Competition
2 bids
1 SME bid · 2 electronic
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 60)
Based on 14,540 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
40%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
8 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
39 days
Median time between deadline and award
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Evidence coverage
8/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
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Value not published
same CPV family
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Fife Council: "North Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityFife CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Fife Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Fife Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report (median)
20% of reports have one bid · Mean: 3 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Stagecoach East ScotlandTop vendor: 22.6% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 5 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 60):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Stagecoach East Scotland4 wins£11,387,146—
Bay Travel2 wins£6,901,251—
Moffat & Williamson Ltd2 wins£4,485,895—
Prentice Westwood Ltd.1 win£5,640,890—
Festival Travel (Scotland) Ltd1 win£5,640,890—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityFife Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published26 Jan 2022, 16:55 GMT
Last source update26 Jan 2022, 16:55 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPublic road transport services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM72)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02921f
What is being bought
Fife Council organises local bus services as permitted by Section 63(2) of The Transport Act 1985. The Council wishes to provide bus services to provide links for communities either not served by the commercial bus network or not served by that network on particular days or at particular times of day. These bus services which are the subject of this Notice are in North Fife. North Fife is an area comprising, though not exclusively so, the boundaries of the former North-east Fife District Council. In general terms, this area is bounded by Newburgh, Gateside, Falkland, Freuchie, Star, Kennoway and Leven and all points to the north and east within the peninsula. The main urban centres are Cupar, St Andrews and Anstruther. Services may operate wholly within the North Fife area but are not limited by its boundaries and may operate further afield. On 1st March 2018, Fife Council confirmed to successful operators their place on the framework for the provision of North Fife Local Bus Services. Contracts initially awarded under the framework commenced on 13th August 2018 and ran to 16th August 2020 with the option to extend for one year to 15th August 2021. Information about the award of the framework and contracts awarded under it was published on 5th April 2018 under references: APR315670 / OCID:ocds-r6ebe6-0000512992. Those contracts were extended until 15th August 2021, when the framework expired, and then were further extended until 14th August 2022, a modification notice confirming this was published on 10th February 2021, reference: FEB406408 OCID:ocds-r6ebe6-0000643941. This notice is to extend these existing contracts with the incumbent suppliers for a period of 12 months until 13th August 2023 for the reasons detailed in section IV of this notice.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    26 Jan 2022, 16:55 GMT
  2. Buyer information updated
    26 Jan 2022, 16:55 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Dec 2021, 14:45 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    16 Dec 2021, 14:45 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    10 Feb 2021, 15:56 GMT
  6. Buyer information updated
    10 Feb 2021, 15:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    These contracts are an extension of the existing contracts for the supply of local bus services in North Fife: NF/24-1 St Andrews – Guardbridge – Cupar – Pitlessie – Kettlebridge – Ladybank – Freuchie – Glenrothes NF/41 Kirkcaldy – Windygates – Kennoway – Craigrothie – Ceres – Cupar NF/53 Cupar – Balmullo – Tayport, Shandwell Road, Elizabeth Street – Dundee NF/64 A St Andrews – Strathkinness – Pitscottie – Craigrothie – Cupar – Ladybank – Aucthermuchty – Strathmiglo – Falkland – Glenrothes (circular within St Andrews) NF/68 Cupar Town Service NF/77-1 Dundee – Newport on Tay – Wormit – Gauldry – Balmerino NF/92 St Andrews, Younger Gardens – Hospital – South Street – Guardbridge – Leuchars Rail – Balmullo – St Michaels – Tayport – (Dundee) – Newport on Tay – Wormit – Gauldry – Balmerino – St Michaels – Balmullo – Leuchars Rail – Guardbridge – St Andrews, Market Street – Hospital – Younger Gardens – clockwise and anticlockwise NF/94 St Andrews Bus Station – Guardbridge – Leuchars – St Michaels – Dairsie – Cupar – Cuparmuir – Pitlessie – Kingskettle – Ladybank - Giffordtown – Collessie – Grange of Lindores – Newburgh NF/95A Leven – Lower Largo – Upper Largo – Colinsburgh – Elie – Anstruther – Crail – Kingsbarns – St Andrews NF/OS70 Tayport, Albert Street – Queen Street – Nelson Street – Elizabeth Street – Cupar NF/TAXIBUS-4 North Fife Flexi Zones
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    26 Jan 2022, 16:55 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 26 Jan 2022, 00:00 GMT · £1,941,611
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Moffat & Williamson Ltd, Stagecoach East Scotland
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,941,611 · signed 26 Jan 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 2 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 2 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 2 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Fife Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-42099
View buyer profile

  • Fife Council
    buyer

    Fife House, Glenrothes, UKM72, KY7 5LT
    [email protected]
    +44 3451550000

  • Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Kirkcaldy

  • Moffat & Williamson Ltd
    supplier

    Old Railway Yard, St Fort, Newport On Tay, Fife, Wormit, UKM72, DD6 8RG

  • Stagecoach East Scotland
    supplier

    Unit 9 u/f, Castle Business Centre, Queensferry Road, Pitreavie Industrial Estate, Dunfermline, UKM7, KY11 8NT
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleCovid-19, has reduced demand so fares information for specifications can’t be provided and it’s unclear when passenger numbers will return to pre-Covid levels, leading to difficulty in pricing bids because fare levels are unknown. By extending contracts, we have time to obtain more realistic passenger level data. - Covid-19 has prevented us undertaking on-bus passenger surveys, a more effective tool than online ones with regard to response numbers. Recovered passenger levels will enable accurate surveys. - The Covid Support Grant will be revised/ended at some point, which is likely to impact bus operators’ income. There is concern that, when the Government support ends, marginal commercial bus routes will be withdrawn, putting pressure on the Council to subsidise replacements. The impact isn’t yet known but we wouldn’t want any decisions/outcomes to force us to amend/abandon a procurement in the near future. - Delay to implementing the Under 22s Free Travel Scheme leaves unknowns re. provision of passenger and pupil fare estimates and continued uncertainty over what the Government will be funding with regard to pupils on our registered school buses.