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Northern Lighthouse Board : Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements

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Notice Summary
Title: Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements
Notice type: UK4: Tender 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: 13/10/2025 10:43
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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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Edinburgh:-Road-maintenance-works./9F65YC5M38

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Total value (estimated):


GBP 100,000 excluding VAT GBP 120,000 including VAT




Description





Contract dates (estimated)
01/12/2025 to 22/12/2025
CPV Classifications:
45233141 - Road-maintenance works. 45233142 - Road-repair works. 45233220 - Surface work for roads.
   
Contract can be extended:
No

Extension Date:


Delivery regions:
Not Provided
Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Provide a detailed statement on how your company intends to approach proposed works / Weighting:
Quality criterion - Name: Risk Assessments & Method Statements / Weighting:
Quality criterion - Name: Provide a detailed Programme of Works / Weighting:
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting:


   

Submission


Enquiry deadline: 20/10/2025 Time: 16:00Tender submission deadline: 27/10/2025 Time: 14:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/
An electronic auction will be used: No


Procedure


Procedure type: Below threshold - open competition

Contracting authority


       Northern Lighthouse Board, PMGV-7529-QWXG
       84 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DA, United Kingdom
       Tel. 0131 473 3130, Email: procurement@nlb.org.uk
       Contact: Graham Allan
       Address of the buyer profile: https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/

Organisation type: MINISTRY
Devolved regulations that apply: None

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