Official UK procurement notice
Supply and Fitment of Tyres for Vehicles and Plant
Authority: Scotland Excel
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe objective of this framework is to provide Councils with a mechanism to procure the supply and fitment of Tyres for an extensive range of light, commercial and heavy vehicles, grounds maintenance equipment and plant.
CPV: Agrarian tyres · Heavy-duty tyres · Light-duty tyres · Retreaded tyres · Tyre repair services, including fitting and balancing · Tyre-remoulding services · Tyres for buses · Tyres for heavy/light-duty vehicles · Tyres for motor cars · Tyres for trucks
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers
- Electronic auction
Electronic auctions may be used where competition is re-opened for the purposes of awarding a Competitive Order. If required, the Council will issue information on how electronic auctions will operate at the appropriate time.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · 1 with a published valueLot #1Supply, fit and associated services of TyresPublished value£28,000,000
This framework provides for the supply, fitment and associated services of a number of tyre sizes and tyre types including budget, mid-range, premium and retreads.
For vehicles such as; Cars, Medium Vans, Pick-Ups, Car Derived Vans, Heavy Vans, Mini Buses, Micro Vans, Trailers, 4x4s, Precinct Sweepers, Trucks +17.5", Trucks +22.5", Heavy Plant, Grass Machinery and Equipment, Heavy Duty Diggers and Tractors.
With associated services such as; wheel balancing, puncture repair, caps, sealant, tyre turn, tyre change, re-grooving, re-torquing, specialist repairs or environmental certified disposal.
Under the Framework, Councils will buy tyres in 2 ways - 1) supply only, and 2) supply and fit. Tenderers must offer BOTH options. Failure to offer BOTH options in accordance with Tender requirements WILL result in exclusion as a Non-Compliant bid.
Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information. Additional information: 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.
Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.
Lot #2Supply only of TyresPlannedLot estimate not published
For Lot 2 it is anticipated that the requirements will cover, but not be limited to the supply only of car, van, truck, plant and agricultural tyres. Additional information: NOTE: At this stage, the final lot structure has still to be confirmed and as such is subject to change.
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 (2)
- Technical: 25%
- Commercial: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 25
- Commercial: 75
- Economic & financial standing
- SPD (Scotland) Questions 4B.5.1 and 4B.5.2- Insurance Requirements
- SPD (Scotland) Questions 4B.6- Other Economic and Financial Requirements
Minimum: 1. SPD (Scotland) Questions 4B.5.1 and 4B.5.2 - Insurance Requirements: Further to Condition 38 of the General Conditions of Contract it is a requirement that tenderers hold, or can commit to obtain prior to appointment to the framework, the types and levels of insurance indicate… - Technical & professional ability
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.10 – Subcontracting
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1 - Quality Assurance Schemes
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1 - Health and Safety Procedures
- SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.2 - Environmental Management Standards
Minimum: 1. SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTION 4C.10- SUBCONTRACTING: Tenderers will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contracts to be called-off under the proposed framework agreement. If you intend to subcontract any share of the contr…
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Supply and Fitment of Tyres for Vehicles and Plant” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Jun 2025, 15:57 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jul 2026 – …
- Authority reference
0725- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059502- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0547f5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed Framework Agreement and call-offs, please refer to the tender documents (see Section I.3 Communication). Tenderers require to confirm their acceptance of the conditions. TENDERS MADE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AND MAY BE REFUSED ON THE GROUNDS OF SUCH CONDITIONS ALONE.
Scotland Excel may require the members of any tendering group of entities (such as consortium members, members of a group of economic operators and/or sub-contractors) to be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract and may require them to assume a specific legal form for the purposes of the appointment to the Framework. For further information relative to the submission of consortia tenders, tenders by groups of economic operators and sub-contracting, please refer to the tender documentation available in the relevant PCS-T project for this procurement exercise.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: This procurement process is subject to the Law and Guidance applicable in Scotland relative to the award of public contracts including (without limitation) as set out in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 as currently in force. Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body and is procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies): A) The 32 local authorities in Scotland as listed at https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/about-us/our-members B) Scotland Excel associate members as listed at https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/about-us/our-members C) Any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 D) Any Scottish Registered Social Landlords listed on the public register of the Scottish Housing Regulator: http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf as at the date of publication of this notice E) Tayside Contracts F) Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and their member organisations across the higher and further education sector in Scotland and their associated and affiliated bodies G) Scottish Prison Service (SPS) H) Scottish National Health Service Authorities, including any body created pursuant to the National Health Service Scotland Act (1978) I) Transport Scotland J) Scottish Government and Scottish Central Government Bodies. The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel. Particular evaluation approaches apply to this tender including a MINIMUM BID REQUIREMENT (please refer to the tender documents-see Section I.3 Communication). Further to; II.1.6 - Lots are not used in order to streamline bidding and call off processes relative to, integrated tyre management and to reduce complexity. IV.1.3 - The envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to the proposed framework agreement is purely indicative and Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less tenderers than the envisaged maximum number. VI.1.6 and VI.2 - Electronic auctions, electronic ordering, invoicing and payment may be used at the discretion of each contracting authority which will be settled by them at point of use. REBATE REQUIREMENTS, Tenderers should note retrospective rebates apply to this Framework. Further details are contained in the tender documents within the Procurement Documents. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31643. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: In accordance with section 25(3) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 note that Scotland Excel intends to include Community Benefit requirements. Further details are contained in the Procurement Documents which can be found on PCS-Tender, please see Section I.3 Communication of this Notice for information on accessing the documents. (SC Ref:828916)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
1 Sept 2025 → 24 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published120 days ago24 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends90 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened90 days ago24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2026- Published value updated to £28,000,00024 Jun 2026, 15:00 BSTwas £26,000,000
- Status changed to active24 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST24 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.