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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- West Lothian Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Mistral Bus & Coach PLC SME
- Value
- £269,360
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Buses and coaches (CPV 34121000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 066141-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 May 2026
- Published14 Jul 2026Published 64 days after the contract date
Description
Hire of 14 buses for Community Transport - Hire of seven coachbuilt buses and seven van converted buses for provision of community transport and education transport requirements
About the supplier
Mistral Bus & Coach PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02716967).