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title: "Award of DGCP-0608 Dumfries and Galloway Bus Network Consultancy"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000829515"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Dumfries and Galloway Council"
published: "2026-09-24"
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# Award of DGCP-0608 Dumfries and Galloway Bus Network Consultancy

Buyer: Dumfries and Galloway Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000829515

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## Summary

Dumfries and Galloway Council commissioned consultancy on its bus network. The work is divided into regional network design and strategy, and assessment of delivery models and the feasibility of an arm’s-length external organisation (ALEO). It is transport systems consultancy, intended to support decisions about the network and how services could be delivered. The named buyer is Dumfries and Galloway Council, and the requirement concerns Dumfries and Galloway. The procurement was run using Edinburgh City Council’s professional services framework, through a further competition. Its scope combines strategic network planning with organisational and delivery-model analysis, so it covers both the shape of the regional network and possible arrangements for delivering it.

The procurement has been awarded. Dumfries and Galloway Council ran a further competition under Edinburgh City Council’s professional services framework. WSP and Stantec UK Limited were named as the suppliers for the award, valued at £60,290. The contract is recorded as active. The tender was split into two lots: regional network design and strategy, and delivery model and ALEO feasibility; the award information does not allocate separate suppliers or values to those lots. Two bids were recorded. The published scope describes the consultancy requirement, but gives no evaluation criteria or contract dates. The award therefore establishes the selected suppliers and overall award value, while leaving the individual lot allocation and timing of delivery unclear from the available procurement details.

For consultancy firms, this award demonstrates demand from Dumfries and Galloway Council for specialist advice on bus network planning and service delivery arrangements. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to show capability in regional network design and strategy, alongside analysis of alternative delivery models and ALEO feasibility. The combined scope indicates a need to address both transport-network choices and the organisational options for delivering services, rather than network planning alone. The procurement used a further competition under a professional services framework, so relevant suppliers would need access to an appropriate framework route to compete in the same way. The award went to two established consultancy businesses, showing that firms with a breadth of relevant advisory capability were selected for this commission.»} მოუპӘА સપ json_schema.Invalid? Wait JSON plain object fields values continuous prose. fine. But unsupported inference

## Notice

Dumfries and Galloway Council are utilising the Edinburgh City Council CT2675 Professional Services Framework to conduct a further competition to secure a supplier for the Dumfries and Galloway Bus Network Consultancy contract.This tender is split into 2 lots:Lot 1 - Regional Network Design and StrategyLot 2 - Delivery Model and ALEO Feasibility

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565190 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £60,290 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Dumfries and Galloway Council |
| Additional buyers | Argyll and Bute Council; Consumer Scotland; Dundee City Council; Fife Council; Moray Council; North Lanarkshire Council; Perth & Kinross Council; Registers of Scotland; Scottish Borders Housing Association; Scottish Government; The Highland Council |
| Locality | DUMFRIES |
| Postcode area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Postcode | DG1 2HP |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM92 Dumfries and Galloway |
| Local authority | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Electoral ward | Nith |
| Westminster constituency | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 25 |
| Supplier names | WSP UK Limited; Stantec UK Ltd; NEC Software Solutions UK Limited; FRP Advisory; Mitie; Turner & Townsend; Jump Research; Chase Services Group Ltd; Houlder Limited; IFF Research; Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd; GC Insight Ltd; Amey OW Ltd; Beam Up Ltd; Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited; Venesky Brown Ltd; SKODA UK; HaskoningDHV UK Ltd; William Yule & Son Limited; LEARNING POOL LIMITED; Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited; Sanderson Government and Defence; Helpthemove Ltd; George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited; VWR International Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

## Release History

- 24 Sep 2026 at 11:30 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565190

## Notice URLs

- http://https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.fife.gov.uk
- http://www.highland.gov.uk
- http://www.moray.gov.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15478/Tenders-and-contracts
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.sbha.org.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- https://consumer.scot/

## Provenance

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