Contract award · 2 Feb 2026

School Transport Contract: Large Vehicles

Moray Council awarded “School Transport Contract: Large Vehicles” to Ace Taxis, Deveron Coaches Limited, Kineil Coaches Ltd for £19.4m on 2 Feb 2026.

Transport servicesScotland

BuyerMoray Council
Value across 3 lots £19.4m
WinnersAce Taxis SME, Deveron Coaches Limited SME +10 more

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Moray Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£19,393,159.50 across 3 lots
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Transport services · Hire of passenger cars with driver (CPV 60171000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Feb 2026
  2. Published5 Mar 2026Published 31 days after the contract date

Description

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.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
School Transport Contract: Large VehiclesAce Taxis SME, Deveron Coaches Limited SME, Kineil Coaches Ltd, Maynes Coaches Ltd SME, RS Coaches SME +1 more£9.69m
School Transport Contract: Small VehiclesA2B Cabs SME, Ace Taxis SME, CRM facilitators elgin ltd SME, Deveron Coaches Limited SME, Kineil Coaches Ltd +6 more£8.79m
School Transport Contract: Youth Orchestra TransportAce Taxis SME, Deveron Coaches Limited SME, Kineil Coaches Ltd£910k

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