AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Argyll and Bute Council published a procurement for vessel-based school transport in Lorn. Despite the record being labelled “awarded” in one display field, the underlying award is marked unsuccessful and the only lot is marked cancelled. No supplier, award date, contract value, or contract term is published.
Published outcomeNo successful award or concluded contract is evidenced in the supplied notice data.
Market significanceThis was an open-procedure transport-services opportunity for school transport in the UKM63 area, but the published outcome does not identify a winning operator.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Tender notice published
98% confidence24 June 2026
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Release history records tender release 059222-2026 dated 2026-06-24.
Tender update published
98% confidence27 July 2026
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Release history records tenderUpdate release 070611-2026 dated 2026-07-27.
Latest notice publication
98% confidence12 October 2026
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Release history records release 096199-2026, tagged award and contract, dated 2026-10-12.
Award outcome
99% confidenceUnsuccessful
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Award 096199-2026-1340F-1 has status and statusDetails “unsuccessful”.
Lot status
99% confidenceCancelled
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Tender lot 1 has status “cancelled”.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award or contract value
99% confidenceUnknown
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No value is provided for the process, award, or lot.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender release
98% confidence24 June 2026
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Release history: 059222-2026.
Tender update
98% confidence27 July 2026
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Release history: 070611-2026.
Latest award/contract-tagged release
98% confidence12 October 2026
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Release history: 096199-2026.
Contract start and end
99% confidenceUnknown
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Process-level contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no award dates or term details are supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceVessel transport operator for safe and secure school transport in Lorn
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Process and lot descriptions.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne lot (Lot 1)
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Tender data contains lot 1 only; the award relates to lot 1.
Service classification
99% confidenceTransport services (excluding waste transport), CPV 60000000
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Classification data and tender classification.
Delivery area
96% confidenceUKM63
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Lot item delivery address specifies region UKM63.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Process procurement_method is “open” and procurement_method_details is “Open procedure”.
Evaluation weighting
98% confidenceQuality 25%; price 75%
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Lot 1 award criteria list Quality at 25% and price at 75%.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bid, tenderer, or evaluation-result counts are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceNo concluded contract evidenced
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The sole award is unsuccessful and the sole lot is cancelled; no supplier or contract terms are provided.
Options
98% confidenceNo options indicated
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Duration, pricing and payment terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract dates, duration, pricing breakdown, or payment terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Outcome implication
99% confidenceThe published data does not evidence a supplier appointment for this requirement.
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The only award is unsuccessful and lot 1 is cancelled.
Evaluation emphasis
98% confidencePrice carried the greater stated weighting (75%) than quality (25%).
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Lot 1 award criteria.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting status fields
99% confidenceThe process display status is “awarded”, while the source tender and award status are unsuccessful and the only lot is cancelled.
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Process display_status is “awarded”; tender status and award status are “unsuccessful”; lot 1 status is “cancelled”.
Supplier data
99% confidenceNo supplier is identified in the published award data.
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Suppliers array is empty.
Commercial information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: award date, value, contract dates, duration, bidder counts, and evaluation results.
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Relevant process and award fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The record contains unresolved status inconsistency: a display field says “awarded”, but the underlying tender and award are unsuccessful and the sole lot is cancelled.
- No supplier, award date, award value, contract value, contract signature evidence, start date, end date, duration, or pricing information is supplied.
- No bidder counts, tender evaluation results, or reasons for the unsuccessful/cancelled outcome are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Argyll and Bute CouncilLorn school transportvessel transport operatorschool transport servicescancelled tenderunsuccessful award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Was a supplier awarded the Lorn school transport contract?
No successful supplier is identified. The sole award is marked unsuccessful and the sole lot is marked cancelled.
What service was being procured?
A vessel transport operator to provide safe and secure school transport in Lorn.
What procedure was used?
The procurement was conducted through an open procedure.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.