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title: "Tender for the Supply of Local Bus Services for September 2025"
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# Tender for the Supply of Local Bus Services for September 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-supply-of-local-bus-services-for-september-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0514e9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Angus Council: "Tender for the Supply of Local Bus Services for September 2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 9 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Angus Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/angus-council-ons-s12000041)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 June 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 9
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £381,579 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0514e9`

## 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/tender-for-the-supply-of-local-bus-services-for-september-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0514e9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-supply-of-local-bus-services-for-september-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-0514e9#participate

## Description
Tenders are being sought for contracted local bus services in Angus. The tender will be divided into a number of lots. Operators may bid for as many of these routes as they wish.

## Lots (9)
### Lot 1: 25007 Forfar Town Service
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of bus service linking Forfar residents to work, healthcare, shopping and leisure activities. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25007 - 25010
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: 25008 Forfar Town Service
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of bus service linking Forfar residents to work, healthcare, shopping and leisure activities. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25007 - 25010
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: 25009 Forfar Town Service
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of bus service linking Forfar residents to work, healthcare, shopping and leisure activities. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25007 - 25010
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: 25010 Forfar Town Service
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of bus service linking Forfar residents to work, healthcare, shopping and leisure activities. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25007 - 25010
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: 25011 Forfar - Noranside - Forfar
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of lifeline bus service linking rural areas to Forfar three days per week. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25011 - 25012
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 6: 25012 Forfar - Noranside - Forfar
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of lifeline bus service linking rural areas to Forfar three days per week. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25011 - 25012
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 7: 25013 Kirriemuir - Cortachy - Dykehead - Kirriemuir
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of lifeline bus service linking rural areas to Kirriemuir two days per week. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25013 - 25014
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 8: 25014 Kirriemuir - Cortachy - Dykehead - Kirriemuir
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Provision of lifeline bus service linking rural areas to Kirriemuir two days per week. Additional information: Only one lot will be awarded from 25013 - 25014
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 9: 25015 DRT in Rural Areas West of A90 to Kirriemuir, Forfar and Brechin
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 60112000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Demand responsive service to operate from the A90 westward and to/from Brechin, Forfar and Kirriemuir. Additional information: 25015 may be awarded in lieu of either 25011 OR 25012 AND 25013 OR 25014
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 13/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 25007 Forfar Town Service (active)
  - Award id: `044750-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Shorts Travel Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121708`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 25007 Forfar Town Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £381,579
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F044750-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-31T12:49:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-15T00:37:35.221Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0514e9