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Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Pupil Transport ad School Teacher Transport for the Island of Eday, Orkney

Awarded United Kingdom Transport services

Buyer Orkney Islands Council

Key facts

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Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Awarded
  2. Published
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Awarded to

Eday Partnership

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Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register

Summary

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Orkney Islands Council ran a tender for school pupil transport and school teacher transport services on the North Island of Eday. The procedure has been completed and the contract was awarded. The winner of the contract was Eday Partnership, and the award date was 16 April 2026. Tenderers were required to complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to the notice, and questions had to be submitted through the Questions and Answers section of the contract advertisement on PCS. The Council reserved the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a contract.

Description

Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for school pupil transport and school teacher transport services on the North Island of Eday. Orkney Islands Council reserve the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. (SC Ref:844870)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 752 awards for Transport services in United Kingdom.

Median award
€33,797
Middle half of past awards
€19,720 to €65,652

Public Contracts Scotland publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Orkney Islands Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
39
awards
20
awarded in total
€2.0M

Who wins its contracts

Moderately concentrated
different companies won its awards
14
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
42%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 19 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Awards most often to

  1. Bill Mackie Engineering Ltd 5 awards €641,083
  2. MedGen Ltd Scotland; Randstad; Seven Resourcing 2 awards
  3. Warmworks 1 award €285,647

1 open tender right now

Market context

open now in Transport services
1,083
median open notice
€605,853

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Transport services

different companies won awards here
441
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
80

Based on 1,376 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Competition

tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
9.8
of those lots received a single tender
0%
of the awards went to companies based in another country
0%
of the tenders came from another country
0%

As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.

Change history

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  1. Status
    Was: Closed
    Now: Awarded
    Estimated value
    The value was removed from the notice.
    Award date
    not stated
    Now: April 16, 2026
    Submission deadline
    The deadline was removed from the notice.
    Scope and criteria
    The description was shortened. Re-read it before you bid.
    Winner
    not stated
    Now: Eday Partnership
    Estimated value
    The value was removed from the notice.

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