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title: "Provision of Transportation of School Meals"
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# Provision of Transportation of School Meals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-transportation-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Falkirk Council is leading a procurement on its own account to secure a provider of Transportation of School Meals, to enable the organisation to meet their duties and responsibilities. Falkirk Council has a requirement to engage with suitably qualified suppliers as part of an agreement for the Transportation of School Meals from its School Kitchen production units to non-production schools and nurseries/early years centres.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Falkirk Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/falkirk-council-ons-s12000014)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £460,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 July 2021 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM76
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-transportation-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-transportation-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2FDefault.aspx)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-transportation-of-school-meals-ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd#participate

## Description
Falkirk Council is leading a procurement on its own account to secure a provider of Transportation of School Meals, to enable the organisation to meet their duties and responsibilities.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £460,000
- **Description:** Falkirk Council has a requirement to engage with suitably qualified suppliers as part of an agreement for the Transportation of School Meals from its School Kitchen production units to non-production schools and nurseries/early years centres.

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018533-2021-CS/014/21-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Express Taxis Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-128171`
  - Value: £440,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018533-2021-CS/014/21-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £440,000
  - Signed Date: 02/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018533-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-03T08:05:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T16:02:11.927Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b6dd