Argyll and Bute Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Lochgilphead·Central purchasing body on 14 of 57 notices
Find a Tender organisation id3190Websiteargyll-bute.gov.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 48 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
56 awarded tenders, 121 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Post Diagnostic Support - Dementia Link Workers | 5 Oct 2026 | 5d | £1,299,264 |
| Capital Building Works Projects DPS | 16 Dec 2027 | 442d | — |
| Surface Dressing Works Dynamic Purchasing System 2024 - 2034 | 28 Feb 2034 | 2708d | — |
| Building Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing System | 20 May 2036 | 3520d | — |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
60 Transport services (except waste transport)18 procedures · 32%85 Health and social work services10 procedures · 18% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering8 procedures · 14% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 11%50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 9%45 Construction work4 procedures · 7%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental3 procedures · 5% · 1 open44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 5%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 57 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 84% (48 notices)
- Framework 14% (8 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 2% (1 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Open 82% (47 notices)
- Route not published 11% (6 notices)
- Limited / restricted 5% (3 notices)
- Selective 2% (1 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 48 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 57 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 8 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | 4 | 7.1% | 4 | 8 | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Carr Gomm | 3 | 5.4% | 3 | 16 | 11 Dec 2025 |
| McFadyens Contractors (Campbeltown) Ltd | 3 | 5.4% | 2 | 9 | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Doherty & Lafferty Ltd | 2 | 3.6% | 2 | 3 | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Connected Transport Planning Ltd | 2 | 3.6% | 2 | 2 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Central Traffic Management Ltd | 2 | 3.6% | 1 | 6 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Contraflow Ltd | 2 | 3.6% | 1 | 6 | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Hillhouse Quarry Group Ltd | 2 | 3.6% | 1 | 6 | 23 May 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 18% of 56 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 121 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Iona Breakwater, Slipways and Public Toilet Block | Foyle and Marine Dredging | — | — | £14,785,026 † |
| Provision of School & Local Transport Services, Oban & Lorn | Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | — | — | £7,276,444 † |
| Provision of School & Local Transport - Kintyre | Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | — | — | £6,074,870 † |
| Waste Management Services following expiry of the Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arrangements | Biffa Waste Services Ltd | — | — | £5,608,359 † |
| Provision of School & Local Transport on Mull (1108M,1109M &1190M) | Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | — | — | £2,831,405 † |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 95 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Traffic Management Services Framework 2027-2031Traffic control services | Planned | 18 Sept 2026 | — |
| Waste Management Services following expiry of the Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) ArrangementsNon-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| Tarbert Heritage Scheme – Design Team FrameworkArchitectural design services | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | — |
| A816 Bealach Mor Permanent Solution Business CaseCivil engineering consultancy services | Open | 4 Sept 2026 | — |
| Provision of Air ServicesScheduled air transport services | Planned | 2 Sept 2026 | £2,048,828 |
| Provision of School Transport Services, Ulva & Mull (1148L)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of Advertising Agent ServicesAdvertising services | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | £900,000 |
| Provision of School & Local Transport Services, Oban & LornTransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of School Transport Services - Lorn (1340F)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Open | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Biomass Heating Systems - Maintenance ServicesBoilers | Open | 21 Jul 2026 | — |
| Provision of Election Night Flight ServicesHire of helicopters with crew | Open | 17 Jul 2026 | — |
| Independent Advocacy for AdultsSocial work and related services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jul 2026 | £723,520 |
| Consultancy Services - Care at Home ECM ReadinessGeneral management consultancy services | Open | 1 Jul 2026 | — |
| Biomass Heating Systems - Supply of Fuel PelletsElectricity | Open | 30 Jun 2026 | — |
| Provision of School Transport Services – Lorn (1314G)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Open | 11 May 2026 | — |
| Provision of Public Space CCTV: Cameras and Management SoftwareRepair and maintenance services of security equipment | Awarded / complete | 1 Apr 2026 | £328,408 |
| Provision of School Transport Services – Mull (1166C)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 12 Mar 2026 | — |
| Campbeltown Esplanade & Kinloch Park Active Travel: Developed & Technical DesignDesign consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 11 Mar 2026 | — |
| Rothesay Pavilion to Joint Campus Active Travel Network: Developed & Technical DesignDesign consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 11 Mar 2026 | — |
| Supply of Fuel and Associated Services at Oban AirportFuels | Awarded / complete | 3 Mar 2026 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£27m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 100 award records on 34 procedures (65 to a single canonical supplier, 35 multi-supplier). 48 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 7 of 148 published contracts carry a period end; 0 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (3 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
Canonical page id: GB-FTS-3190