Dynamic Purchasing System For Passenger Transport Services 2023

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Aberdeenshire Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

080485-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 60000000, 60100000, 60112000, 60120000, 60130000, 60140000, 60170000, 60171000, 60172000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

10 Oct 2026

A mini competition was carried out under Lot 1 of the Aberdeenshire Council Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) 2023-2028 for the provision of Mainstream School Transport Services.

Open the official Find a Tender notice

Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

Events follow the publisher date where one is available. “Seen by Bidwake” is the date this service first found the record.

1. Award notice observed

   7 Mar 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   008424-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

2. Award notice observed

   7 Mar 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   008426-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

3. Award notice observed

   7 Mar 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   008428-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

4. Award notice observed

   24 Apr 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

   Open this official Find a Tender notice

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Local Bus Services and Minimum Subsidy Combined Local Bus/School Transport Services

  Buyer: Aberdeenshire CouncilSupplier: Bluebird Buses Ltd

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £8,843,175Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Local Bus Services and Minimum Subsidy Combined Local Bus/School Transport Services

  About this figure

  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  076376-2026-1

• Local Bus Services and Minimum Subsidy Combined Local Bus/School Transport Services

  Buyer: Aberdeenshire CouncilSupplier: DEVERON COACHES LIMITED

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no optionsLot 3Published 28 Jul 2026.Open supporting notice 071400-2026
• Source states no optionsLot 4Repeated in 6 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 11 Aug 2026.Open supporting notice 076121-2026
• Source states no optionsLot 2Repeated in 8 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 11 Aug 2026.Open supporting notice 076408-2026
• Source states no optionsLot 1Repeated in 6 notices; the most recent statement is shown.Published 24 Aug 2026.Open supporting notice 080485-2026

No exact source-published process relationship was found.