Public Contracts Scotland

School Transport Contract

Moray Council

Awarded
services
Scotland
3 lots

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Key details

Contracting authority
Moray Council
local council
Region
Inverness and Nairn
Contract value
£4,220,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
24 November 2025
Published
21 October 2025

Procurement

Submission method
Electronic Submission
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 60170000 Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
  • 60171000 Hire of passenger cars with driver
  • 60172000 Hire of buses and coaches with driver

What happened

Moray Council awarded this contract to DEVERON COACHES LIMITED worth £9,694,669 on 2 Feb 2026.

Description

Moray Council has a variety of requirements in relation to transportation, including Home to School transport, Community Services transport and Public Bus services.

This tender sets out the Council’s requirements for the provision of Home to School Transport only.

Full description

This tender is for the provision of transport associated with education. To ease completion for bidders all lot information is contained in the commercial envelope on PCS-Tender for the project identified.

Lot 2 is for smaller vehicles (up to 16 seats). The statement for a Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice:

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.

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

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30298. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders will be asked to confirm what community benefits are offered if successful in this tender

Awarded supplier

Supplier
DEVERON COACHES LIMITED
Award value
£9,694,669
Award date
2 February 2026

Contact

Address
High Street, Elgin, IV30 1BX
Contact name
Elaine Summerfield

Bid documents

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Identifiers

Buyer reference
18/1236
Notice ID
rls-28-OCT541949
OCID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000813605

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