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Provision of Maeshowe Shuttle Bus Service

Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Scotland (UKM65)
Published value
£300,000
Submission deadline 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Historic Environment Scotland: "Provision of Maeshowe Shuttle Bus Service". Published status: complete. Published value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHistoric Environment ScotlandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£300,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Historic Environment Scotland
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Historic Environment Scotland. 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
3.8Bids / Report
24.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 133 active published awards; 129 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHistoric Environment Scotland
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
Published22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
Last source update22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHire of buses and coaches with driver
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM65)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065e52
What is being bought
Provision of Maeshowe Shuttle Bus Service
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
  5. Published value updated to £300,000
    27 Feb 2026, 13:31 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    27 Feb 2026, 13:31 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    27 Feb 2026, 13:31 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
    27 Feb 2026, 13:31 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    27 Feb 2026, 13:31 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    HES requires the provision of a shuttle bus service from Stenness Visitor Centre, Orkney to Tormiston Mill, Stenness, Orkney and back on a daily basis, with the exceptions of 25 - 26th December 2026 and 1-2 January 2027. The appointed supplier must provide a bus and qualified licensed driver from 09.45hrs - 17.30hrs 7 days a week. However, during the months of June, July and August the bus will also run daily until 21:00.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    22 Jun 2026, 11:45 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    30 Mar 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £180,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Acacia Coaches LTD
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£180,000 · signed 8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
smeBids: 3 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Historic Environment Scotland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1169
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  • Historic Environment Scotland
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, UKM75, EH9 1SH
    procurement@hes.scot
    +44 1316688866

  • Acacia Coaches LTD
    supplier

    42 Underwood Road, Paisley, UKM83, PA3 1TL

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Edinburgh
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