Official UK procurement notice
Tender for the Supply of Local Bus Services
Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLocal Bus Services for Dundee City area
CPV: Road transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of Local Bus Services to Dundee CityAwardedRenewalPublished value£134,000
Provision of Local Bus Services to Dundee City. 3 options, all must be priced for. This procurement will only be awarded on agreement of annual budget. Additional information: This procurement exercise will only be awarded when annual budget has been finalised.
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 (4)
- Resourcing of Requirements – Breakdown and Accidents: 85
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work First: 5
- price: 80
Published award criteria (7)
- Compliance with Specification of Requirements: Pass/Fail
- Duty of Care, Health, and Safety & Risk Management: Pass/Fail
- Environment: Pass/Fail
- Resourcing of Requirements – Breakdown and Accidents: 85%
- Community Benefits: 10%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- Price: 80
- Price carries 80 of 180 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. Quality carries 100 of 180: the paper moves it further than the discount.
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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Dec 2025, 08:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 09:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Jan 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DCC/CD/181/25- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038294- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ec78Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Awarded for year 1, years 2 and 3 extension options are dependant on budget approval. (SC Ref:830497)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Jan 2026 → 12 May 2026 · 4 dates- Bids opened285 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline281 days ago16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published179 days ago28 Apr 2026, 09:05 BST
- Bids must remain valid until165 days ago12 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jan 2026- Deadline moved to 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT9 Jan 2026, 13:35 GMT+4 days · was 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete28 Apr 2026, 09:05 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 12 Jan 2026 | 16 Jan 2026 | +4 d |
| — | Bid validityMinimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender · IV.2.6 | 12 May 2026 | 20 Mar 2026 | -53 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 12 Jan 2026 | 16 Jan 2026 | +4 d |
a new question is to be submitted, question deadline has been changed and submission deadline therefore has to be extended.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xplore Dundee | £397,488 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 038294-2026-DCC/CD/181/25-1 · Xplore Dundee
- Signed
- 27 Apr 2026
- Value
- £397,488
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
- Scottish Courts ServiceReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Xplore DundeeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria