Northern Lighthouse Board has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
| Notice Summary |
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| Title: | Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements |
| Notice type: | UK6: Contract award notice |
| Authority: | Northern Lighthouse Board |
| Nature of contract: | Works |
| Procedure: | Below threshold - Open competition |
| Short 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. |
| Published: | 24/11/2025 10:18 |
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Contracting Authorities
- Contracting authority:
- Northern Lighthouse Board
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PMGV-7529-QWXG
- Address:
84 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DA
UK- Contact name:
- Graham Allan
- Email:
- procurement@nlb.org.uk
- Telephone:
- 0131 473 3130
- Website:
- https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/
- Organisation type:
- MINISTRY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Below threshold - open competition- Dynamic market:
- No
- Special regime:
None
Scope
- Title:
- Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements
- Reference number:
- ENAS/LCHD/2580
- Main procurement category:
- WORKS
- 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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https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9F65YC5M38 - Total value (estimated):
GBP 100,000 excluding VAT
GBP 120,000 including VAT
- Contract value:
- GBP 120,000 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
- Title:
- Not provided
- Reference number:
- Not provided
- 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.- Delivery regions:
Not provided
Supplier
- Supplier:
- Andrew Sinclair Ltd
- Companies House:
- SC395041
- Address:
Garrison Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1GN
UK- Email:
- info@andrew-sinclair.co.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 1856 873178
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
Contract 2
- Title:
- Not provided
- Reference number:
- Not provided
- 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.- Delivery regions:
Not provided
Supplier
- Supplier:
- Andrew Sinclair Ltd
- Companies House:
- SC395041
- Address:
Garrison Road
Kirkwall
KW15 1GN
UK- Email:
- info@andrew-sinclair.co.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 1856 873178
- Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME):
- Yes
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE):
- No
- Supported employment provider:
- No
- Public service mutual:
- No
Other organisations
Not provided