Contract award · 19 Aug 2026

Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Minibuses / Buses

Scotland Excel awarded “Vehicle and Plant Hire…” to Accident Repair Centre (Scotland) Limited, Adventra Ltd, Arnold Clark Finance Ltd. for £120m.

Transport servicesScotland

BuyerScotland Excel
Value across 12 lots £120m

Open competition

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

Key facts

Buyer
Scotland Excel · Regional or local authority
Value
£120,000,000 across 12 lots
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Transport services · Hire of buses and coaches with driver (CPV 60172000)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date19 Aug 2026
  2. Published18 Sep 2026Published 30 days after the contract date

Description

Lot 2 is for the hire of minibuses/buses with or without a driver, for use by all 32 Scottish councils and other contracting authorities permitted to call-off contracts under the proposed Framework Agreement. Additional information: 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Minibuses / BusesAccident Repair Centre (Scotland) Limited SME, Adventra Ltd SME, Arnold Clark Finance Ltd., Avis Budget UK Limited, Cebotec Ltd SME +8 more£6m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Cars & Light VehiclesAccident Repair Centre (Scotland) Limited SME, Adventra Ltd SME, AK Vehicle Rental Limited SME, Arnold Clark Finance Ltd., Avis Budget UK Limited +15 more£36m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Plant- Excavation EquipmentAkro Plant Ltd SME, Alloa Hire Centre Limited SME, Brown Plant Hire Limited SME, C Foster Plant Hire Limited SME, Cairn Construction Ltd SME +25 more£3.6m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Plant- Road Surfacing EquipmentAlloa Hire Centre Limited SME, Cairn Construction Ltd SME, Campbell Plant Hire Ltd SME, Clee Hill Plant Ltd SME, Doherty & Lafferty Ltd SME +17 more£7.2m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Commercial VehiclesAK Vehicle Rental Limited SME, Avis Budget UK Limited, Cebotec Ltd SME, Cooks Van Hire Ltd SME, Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited +10 more£19.2m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Refuse Collection VehiclesDawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited, FAUN Zoeller Fleet Services SME, N.D Brown Limited SME, Riverside Truck Rental Ltd, Romaquip Limited£24m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of SweepersAebi Schmidt UK Limited SME, Bucher Municipal Ltd, Cairn Construction Ltd SME, Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited, E & J Douglas & Sons Ltd SME +8 more£9.6m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of GrittersAebi Schmidt UK Limited SME, Cairn Construction Ltd SME, Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited, Econ Engineering Limited, Multevo Ltd SME +2 more£9.6m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Plant- Lifting EquipmentAlloa Hire Centre Limited SME, Campbell Plant Hire Ltd SME, Cebotec Ltd SME, Clee Hill Plant Ltd SME, Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited +14 more£1.2m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Grounds Maintenance EquipmentAkro Plant Ltd SME, Bryson Tractors Ltd SME, Campbell Plant Hire Ltd SME, Doherty & Lafferty Ltd SME, Fraser C Robb Limited SME +7 more£1.2m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Specialist EquipmentEcon Engineering Limited, Fraser C Robb Limited SME, Hire and Supplies ltd SME, Multevo Ltd SME, Sunbelt Rentals£1.2m
Vehicle and Plant Hire: Hire of Drainage EquipmentClearwater D C 2001 Ltd SME, Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited, Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK SME, GAP Group Limited SME, Leeds Commercial Limited (trading as LC Vehicle Hire) SME +7 more£1.2m

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