Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Mini Bus and Coach Hire Services
Authority: New College Lanarkshire (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking a Contractor(s) for the Provision of Ad Hoc Mini Bus and Coach Hire Services for their three main campuses - Motherwell, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld.
- Recurrence: March 2026, or March 2027, or March 2028.
CPV: Buses and coaches · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.7 per place) · 2 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Ad Hoc Mini Bus and Coach Hire ServicesAwardedRenewal
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 (6)
- Service Delivery – Booking Methodology: 5%
- Service Delivery – Passenger Transport: 10%
- Service Delivery – Management of Fleet: 10%
- Operation and Management of the Agreement: 12%
- price: 60%
- Responsible Procurement – Environmental Impact: 3%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Delivery – Booking Methodology: 5
- Service Delivery – Passenger Transport: 10
- Service Delivery – Management of Fleet: 10
- Operation and Management of the Agreement: 12
- Responsible Procurement – Environmental Impact: 3
- Price: 60
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must confirm they hold the following current licences & memberships and will maintain them through the duration of the Contract:
- Public Service Operators Licence or 22 permits under section 19.
- All employees hold Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) membership.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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.
- “Provision of Mini Bus and Coach Hire Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 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
- 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
- Yes · March 2026, or March 2027, or March 2028.
- First published
- 6 Mar 2024, 12:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2024, 10:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NCL-23-027- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-020221- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0445fcFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per specification of requirements, the SPD and all tender documentation.
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:771388)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
8 Apr 2024 → 3 Jul 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published3 Jul 2024, 10:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete3 Jul 2024, 10:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 020221-2024-NCL-24-027-1
- Signed
- 7 Jun 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £128,552 – £131,840 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Blue Bus LtdFramework contractor
- K White TransportFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria