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Award of ELC-26-0827 School College Partnership Transport 26-27 (Mini comp under ELC DPS Framewok)

East Lothian Council

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10 Sep 2026 at 09:48

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

East Lothian Council procured transport services for its School College Partnership during the 2026–27 academic year. The requirement concerns arranging and delivering transport for school and college partnership activities in East Lothian. It is a service procurement, classified under CPV 60000000, transport services excluding waste transport. The council is the buying organisation, and the delivery area is East Lothian. The requirement was run as a specific competition within the council’s transport framework arrangement, indicating a need for passenger transport provision that can support education-related journeys rather than general goods haulage or waste transport. The named service providers are based in East Lothian and Kirknewton.

The procurement has been awarded following a mini-competition under East Lothian Council’s Dynamic Purchasing System transport framework. Two bids were recorded. The award was made to ac's taxis and Bodyshop Edinburgh Ltd trading as Coach Hire Edinburgh, with an awarded value of £184,908. The associated contract is recorded as active. The award covers the School College Partnership transport requirement for 2026–27. The published information identifies transport services as the procurement category and the mini-competition route as the procedure. The award was made to two suppliers under one award record; the source does not allocate separate values between them. No award date or contract start and end dates are stated.

This procurement demonstrates recurring demand from East Lothian Council for education-related passenger transport, at a substantial service scale, using competition within its transport framework. Relevant competitors are passenger transport operators able to serve East Lothian and support school and college partnership journeys. The outcome shows that the council can appoint more than one supplier for a requirement of this kind, so businesses with the operational capacity to participate in a framework mini-competition may be well placed when comparable work returns. Experience delivering reliable transport services for education settings, coverage across the council’s area and the ability to submit a competitive response through a Dynamic Purchasing System would be commercially relevant.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of ELC-26-0827 School College Partnership Transport 26-27 (Mini comp under ELC DPS Framewok)

Notice Description

Please refer to the tender documents

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000838477
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564218
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

CPV Codes

60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£184,908 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East Lothian Council
Additional Buyers

Argyll and Bute Council

Consumer Scotland

Fife Council

LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)

Lothian Health Board

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

North Lanarkshire Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Scottish Government

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN
Postcode
EH41 3HA
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
East Lothian
Electoral Ward
Haddington and Lammermuir
Westminster Constituency
Lothian East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
21
Supplier Names

ac's taxis

Bodyshop Edinburgh

John Doe Group

Ace Taxis Perth Ltd

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd

Bell Group Limited

Jump Research

Quo Imus Limited

Morgan Philips Executive Search

Central Roofing & Building Services Ltd

Bright Digital Marketing LTD (Bright Signals)

Gartner UK Limited

Zurich Municipal

Holyrood PR

Nuffield Health

Spire Healthcare

Laser Vision Scotland Ltd

Circle Health Group Limited

Tropical Health Consulting LLP

Harley Haddow Limited

Virgin Media Business

Further Information

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