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Purchase of Second Hand School Buses

Buses and coaches
Scotland (UKM84)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: North Lanarkshire Council: "Purchase of Second Hand School Buses". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNorth Lanarkshire CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: North Lanarkshire Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for North Lanarkshire 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
5.7Bids / Report
11.1% 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: 206 active published awards; 198 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityNorth Lanarkshire 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
Published4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
Last source update4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationBuses and coaches
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM84)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9
What is being bought
In 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Aug 2023, 10:05 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · £660,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Prentice Westwood Ltd.
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£660,000 · signed 2 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

North Lanarkshire Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-689
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  • North Lanarkshire Council
    buyer

    Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, UKM84, ML1 1AB
    corporateprocurement@northlan.gov.uk

  • Prentice Westwood Ltd.
    supplier

    Westwood, West Calder, UKM78, EH55 8PW

  • Scottish Courts
    reviewBody

    Edinburgh
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleRegulation 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.