Who Won It

Contract award · 8 Jun 2026

501 Local Bus Service - Dumfries to Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright

Dumfries and Galloway Council awarded “Local Bus Service - Dumfries to Castle Douglas…” to McCalls Coaches Ltd for £819k. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionTransport servicesScotland

BuyerDumfries and Galloway Council
Value £819k
WinnerMcCalls Coaches Ltd 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

Buyer
Dumfries and Galloway Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
McCalls Coaches Ltd SME
Value
£819,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Transport services · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 60170000)
Region
Scotland
Official notice
079527-2026 on Find a Tender
Timeline
  1. Contract date8 Jun 2026
  2. Published20 Aug 2026Published 73 days after the contract date

Description

Provision of passenger transport with the specification for 501 covering routes. This is a modification to the original contract under Reg72.

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