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Historic Environment Scotland

Find a Tender identifier: GB-FTS-1169 · Edinburgh, UKM75

Procurement processes103
Open opportunities1
Awarded procurements84
Signed contracts82
Avg. awarded suppliers1.2
Avg. reported bids5.6
Highest reported bids41
Bid-count coverage78 of 103

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£10,755,000
Average published value (GBP)£1,536,429
Signed contract value (GBP)£53,715,007

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
79
Not published
10
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
10
Restricted procedure
4

Top categories

Grounds maintenance services
13
Archaeological services
5
Hire of buses and coaches with driver
4
Preservation services of historical buildings
3
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
3
Building services
3
Event services
3
Education and training services
3
Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
3
Repair and maintenance services
3

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
Provision of Pest Control Services - Various Regions41Value not publishedcomplete
Upgrading and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems27Value not publishedcomplete
Provision of Water Quality Checks in Various Regions25Value not publishedcomplete
Retail Shop Design & Fit-Out Framework23Value not publishedcomplete
Scaffolding Services in North Region20Value not publishedcomplete
Provision of Scaffolding Services at Various HES Regions20Value not publishedcomplete
Marketing Design18Value not publishedcomplete
Provision of Archive Supplies Framework14Value not publishedcomplete
Grounds Maintenance Stirling12Value not publishedcomplete
Man-Guarding and Patrol Security - Stirlingshire12Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Nurture Landscapes Ltd3Value not published
Leica Geosystems2Value not published
AOC Archaeology2Value not published
Orkney Community Transport Organisation2Value not published
War Productions Ltd2Value not published
GMCB Ltd2Value not published
Hartech Automation Limited2Value not published
Ilasco Ltd2Value not published
Profile Security1Value not published
de Novo Consulting Services Limited1Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Fire Engineering Consultant ServicesOpen14 Sept 2026£520,000
PROVISION OF PAINTER SERVICES IN THE EDINBURGH REGIONClosed23 May 2022Value not published
PROVISION OF LABOURING SERVICES IN THE EDINBURGH REGIONClosed23 May 2022Value not published
Provision of Masonry Services at Edinburgh Castle and Sites in EdinburghClosed22 Jul 2022Value not published
Provision of Minor Archaeological ServicesClosed29 Aug 2022£320,000
Statutory InspectionsClosed6 May 2025£200,000
Delivery of Castle Science Learning Outreach Programmecomplete11 Feb 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance Stirlingcomplete18 Feb 2026Value not published
Towards A National Collection – Digitisation Capability Pilot for N-RICH Prototypecomplete27 Feb 2026£225,000
Grounds Maintenance West CoastClosed2 Mar 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance Edinburgh & East Lothiancomplete4 Mar 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance West of Scotlandcomplete9 Mar 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance Isle of Butecomplete9 Mar 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance East Centralcomplete11 Mar 2026Value not published
Grounds Maintenance Mid Centralcomplete19 Mar 2026Value not published
Provision of Maeshowe Shuttle Bus Servicecomplete30 Mar 2026£300,000
Scaffolding Services in North Regioncomplete15 Apr 2026Value not published
Underwater Archaeologycomplete20 Apr 2026Value not published
Trinity House Community Learning Programmecomplete20 May 2026Value not published
Framework Agreement for Learning Program - Activity FacilitatorsClosed20 May 2026Value not published

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.