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School Transport Contract

Hire of buses and coaches with driver
Hire of passenger cars with driver
Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Scotland (UKM62)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Moray Council: "School Transport Contract". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMoray CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Moray Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Moray Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.2Bids / Report
28.3% 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: 93 active published awards; 92 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityMoray 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
Published5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
Last source update5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHire of buses and coaches with driver, Hire of passenger cars with driver, Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM62)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d1f4
What is being bought
Moray Council has a variety of requirements in relation to transportation, including Home to School transport, Community Services transport and Public Bus services. This tender sets out the Council’s requirements for the provision of Home to School Transport only.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £4,220,000
    22 Oct 2025, 16:43 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    22 Oct 2025, 16:43 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    22 Oct 2025, 16:43 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
    22 Oct 2025, 16:43 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    22 Oct 2025, 16:43 BST
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Large Vehicles
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This tender is for the provision of transport associated with education. To ease completion for bidders all lot information is contained in the commercial envelope on PCS-Tender for the project identified. Lot 1 is for large vehicles (>16 seats) Additional information: The statement for a Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice: 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Small Vehicles
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This tender is for the provision of transport associated with education. To ease completion for bidders all lot information is contained in the commercial envelope on PCS-Tender for the project identified. Lot 2 is for smaller vehicles (up to 16 seats) Additional information: The statement for a Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice: 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Youth Orchestra Transport
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This tender is for the provision of transport associated with education. To ease completion for bidders all lot information is contained in the commercial envelope on PCS-Tender for the project identified. Lot 3 is for the provision of transport to Moray Youth Orchestra (Saturdays only) 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Mar 2026, 13:32 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £9,694,669
  6. Contract active
    Signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £8,788,816
  7. Contract active
    Signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £909,675
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
ACE TAXIS, DEVERON COACHES LIMITED, KINEIL COACHES LTD, Maynes Coaches Ltd, RS Coaches, spot on cabs
Not published · Not published · active
A2B CABS, ACE TAXIS, CRM facilitators elgin ltd, DEVERON COACHES LIMITED, FIONA ANTHONY, KINEIL COACHES LTD, Logan minibus hire, Maynes Coaches Ltd, Portknockie Contract Hire, Ritchie contract hire, spot on cabs
Not published · Not published · active
ACE TAXIS, DEVERON COACHES LIMITED, KINEIL COACHES LTD
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Large Vehicles
£9,694,669 · signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Small Vehicles
£8,788,816 · signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Youth Orchestra Transport
£909,675 · signed 2 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 8 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 8 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 8 (lot 1)
smeBids: 8 (lot 1)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 12 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 12 (lot 2)
smeBids: 12 (lot 2)
bids: 7 (lot 3)
electronicBids: 7 (lot 3)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 3)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 7 (lot 3)
smeBids: 7 (lot 3)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Moray Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-4852
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  • Moray Council
    buyer

    High Street, Elgin, UKM62, IV30 1BX
    procurement@moray.gov.uk
    +44 1343563137

  • A2B CABS
    supplier

    unit 3, Chanonry Spur, Chanonry Industrial Estate, Elgin, Elgin, UKM5, IV30 6ND
    +44 343556655

  • ACE TAXIS
    supplier

    20 MOSSMILL PARK MOSSTODLOCH, Fochabers, UKM62, IV327JY
    +44 343820820

  • CRM facilitators elgin ltd
    supplier

    5 emslie court, lhanbryde, UKM62, iv30 8qb
    +44 343545456

  • DEVERON COACHES LIMITED
    supplier

    6 UNION ROAD, MACDUFF,ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, UK, AB44 1UJ
    +44 261832912

  • Elgin Sherriff Court
    mediationBody

    Sheriff Courthouse, High Street, Elgin
    +44 343542505

  • Elgin Sherriff Court
    reviewBody

    Sheriff Courthouse, High Street, Elgin, IV30 1BU
    elgin@scotcourts.gov.uk
    +44 343542505

  • FIONA ANTHONY
    supplier

    Shenval Farm, Glenlivet, GLENLIVET, UKM62, AB37 9DP
    +44 7733661452

  • KINEIL COACHES LTD
    supplier

    ANDERSON PLACE WESTSHORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE, UK, AB43 9LG
    +44 346510200

  • Logan minibus hire
    supplier

    28, Macduff Street, Lossiemouth, UKM62, Iv31 6ex
    +44 7966489985

  • Maynes Coaches Ltd
    supplier

    Cluny Garage, 4 March Road West, Buckie, UKM62, AB56 4BU
    +44 542831219

  • Portknockie Contract Hire
    supplier

    6 New Street Portknockie, PORTKNOCKIE, UKM62, AB564LR
    +44 542841028

  • RS Coaches
    supplier

    blackstock, sauchen, ilnverurie, UKM50, AB51 7RD
    +44 330833314

  • Ritchie contract hire
    supplier

    3 shackleton place, Lossiemouth, UKM62, IV31 6SU
    +44 7702211712

  • spot on cabs
    supplier

    16 BERRYLEY, forres, UKM62, iv362st
    +44 7950501829
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