UK-Edinburgh: Road-maintenance works.
UK-Edinburgh: Road-maintenance works.
Scope
Description: Description of Works
Cantick Head Lighthouse is accessed via a privately owned, single-track, unsurfaced road located beyond the end of the B9047 public road on South Walls, Orkney. The road provides the only vehicular route to the lighthouse and adjacent residential properties. The site is operational, with mains power and road access.
The road has deteriorated significantly over time due to weathering and lack of maintenance. It has now reached a condition that has been deemed unsuitable for safe vehicle passage. Notably, the Scottish Ambulance Service has recently advised that the road is currently impassable for their vehicles, posing a significant risk to nearby residents.
This project represents a targeted civil works intervention to regulate and resurface the road from the lighthouse to the mound, including the lighthouse dwelling driveway. These works are intended to ensure long-term vehicular access and address a pressing health and safety concern.
The works include surface regulation, overlay with a new asphalt layer, and necessary site mobilisation and clearance. It is a one-off project intended to improve safety, meet legal maintenance obligations, and reduce the risk of emergency vehicle inaccessibility.
The contract will include:
•Mobilisation and establishment of any temporary site facilities required
•Regulation of the existing road surface using imported material where necessary
•Laying of a new 50mm AC14 bituminous surface layer across the access road (width not exceeding 3m)
•Resurfacing of the lighthouse dwelling driveway area
•Final site clearance and reinstatement
Programme
The contractor must submit a works programme, at tender stage with proposed start dates for the sequence of works within this project. It is anticipated that the programme of scheduled works for this project will start on 1 December 2025, with an expected duration of 3 weeks, completing by 19 December 2025. A more detailed programme of work will be agreed between the NLB and the successful contractor.
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Total value (estimated):
GBP 100,000 excluding VAT GBP 120,000 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
Contract value: GBP 144,544.05 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold: Yes
Award decision date: 19/11/2025
Earliest date the contract will be signed: 24/11/2025
Contract dates (estimated): 01/12/2025 to 22/12/2025
Main procurement category: WORKS
CPV classifications:
45233141 - Road-maintenance works.
45233142 - Road-repair works.
45233220 - Surface work for roads.
Supplier
Supplier: Andrew Sinclair Ltd
Garrison Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1GN
UK
Email: info@andrew-sinclair.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1856 873178
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Contract: 1
Contract 2
Contract value: GBP 144,544.05 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold: Yes
Award decision date: 24/11/2025
Earliest date the contract will be signed: 25/11/2025
Contract dates (estimated): 01/12/2025 to 22/12/2025
Main procurement category: WORKS
CPV classifications:
45233141 - Road-maintenance works.
Supplier
Supplier: Andrew Sinclair Ltd
Garrison Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1GN
UK
Email: info@andrew-sinclair.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1856 873178
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Contract: 1
Procedure
Procedure type: Below threshold - open competition