Contract award · 31 Dec 2020

Covid-19 Support Grant – Restart: (Xplore Dundee)

Transport Scotland awarded “Covid-19 Support Grant – Restart: (Xplore Dundee)” to Xplore Dundee for £5.75m on 31 Dec 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTransport servicesScotland

Value £5.75m
WinnerXplore Dundee SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Transport Scotland · National or federal agency/office
Supplier
Xplore Dundee SME
Value
£5,750,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Transport services · Public road transport services (CPV 60112000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date31 Dec 2020
  2. Published9 Mar 2021Published 68 days after the contract date

Description

to support the provision of local passenger bus services affected by the impact of the COVID-19 virus

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