Who Won It

Contract award · 10 Sep 2020

Covid-19 Support Grant - Restart: First Scotland

Transport Scotland awarded “Covid-19 Support Grant - Restart: First Scotland” to First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited for £65.3m on 10 Sep 2020. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTransport servicesScotland

BuyerTransport Scotland
Value £65.3m
WinnerFirst Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited

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

Buyer
Transport Scotland · National or federal agency/office
Supplier
First Group t/a First Aberdeen Limited, First Glasgow Limited, First Scotland East Limited
Value
£65,260,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Transport services · Public road transport services (CPV 60112000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
004780-2021 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Sep 2020
  2. Published10 Mar 2021Published 181 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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