Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Second Hand School Buses
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn previous years, issues were experienced with the traditional approach via a national operator for school transport resulting in some school pupils having no transport to and from school.
To prevent against this situation arising in the future, the council has purchased 10 second-hand buses / coaches as a contingency measure in the event issues arise again to ensure the council would be in a position to react quickly and efficiently.
CPV: Buses and coaches
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Due to the nature of the services the buses / coaches shall deliver, the maximum age…Awarded
Due to the nature of the services the buses / coaches shall deliver, the maximum age for buses / coaches for school transport work was 20 years. The maximum age the council was looking for was a maximum of 10 years old.
The purchase of second-hand buses / coaches needed to be procured within a time critical period to ensure availability prior to the return of school pupils following the summer holidays. Following work to identify a single source for the required vehicles, all 10 buses / coaches have underwent appropriate checks and inspections the council’s Fleet Services team and have been approved as suitable for their intended purpose.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
- Authority reference
NLC-NTP-22-182- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022688- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Regulation 33(b)(ii) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: competition is absent for technical reasons but only, where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Courts or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:740742)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Westwood Ltd.SME | £660,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022688-2023-NLC-CPT-22-182-1 · Prentice Westwood Ltd.SME
- Signed
- 2 Aug 2023
- Value
- £660,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Prentice Westwood Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.