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# Purchase of Second Hand School Buses

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/purchase-of-second-hand-school-buses-ocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [North Lanarkshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-lanarkshire-council-ons-s12000050)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Buses and coaches
- **Delivery Location:** UKM84
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £660,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9`

## 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/purchase-of-second-hand-school-buses-ocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 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 bu...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 022688-2023-NLC-CPT-22-182-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Prentice Westwood Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-22179`
  - Value: £660,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 022688-2023-NLC-CPT-22-182-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £660,000
  - Signed Date: 01/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022688-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-04T09:05:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:06:29.740Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ecf9