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
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Lochs Motor Transport Ltd SME
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Transport services · Public road transport services (CPV 60112000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 086429-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Sep 2026
- Published11 Sep 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Delivery of school and Public Bus Services throughout Lewis and Harris
About the supplier
Lochs Motor Transport Ltd: every public contract they have won.