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CalMac Ferries Limited tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
16
About one every 23 days
Contracts awarded
1
To 1 different suppliers
Value awarded
£20.7m
1 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£20.7m
Median value awarded
Open now
1
2 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Provision of Wayfinding and Information Solution for Blind and Partially Sighted Passengers

    Scotland

    Open17 days left

    Value not stated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Janitorial and Catering Consumables

    Scotland

    Upcoming

    £2mestimated
  2. Framework Agreement for The Provision of Temporary Project Management Resource

    Not stated in the noticeIT services and software

    UpcomingFramework

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. IT services and software4
  2. Building maintenance and repairs3
  3. Marketing and communications2
  4. Lifts and escalators2
  5. Construction2
  6. Architecture and engineering2

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. Certas Energy UK Limited t/a Scottish Fuels£20.7m
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)94%
  • Direct award (no competition)6%
Based on 17 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How CalMac Ferries Limited has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
31 days
Longer than 55% of other public bodies
Based on 16 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
94%
Higher than 73% of other public bodies
Based on 17 procurements
Split into lots
25%
Higher than 59% of other public bodies
Based on 16 advertised tenders
Direct awards
6%
Lower than 63% of other public bodies
Based on 17 procurements
Cancelled
13%
Higher than 85% of other public bodies
Based on 16 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 146 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days7
20–25 days12
25–30 days42
30–35 days56
35–40 days17
40–45 days8
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96

Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds CalMac Ferries Limited.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from CalMac Ferries Limited end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Supply of MGO at ObanCertas Energy UK Limited t/a Scottish Fuels—9 Dec 2025