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Argyll and Bute Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtLocal authorityScotlandLochgilpheadCentral purchasing body on 15 of 51 notices

Find a Tender organisation id3190Websiteargyll-bute.gov.uk ↗

Open now4next deadline 15 Jan 2027
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Notices, last 12 months28+22% vs prior 12 months (23)
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Typical bids per lot153.8% single-bid · median of 39 lots
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Based on 39 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share18%of 61 awarded procedures · 126 suppliers
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61 awarded tenders, 126 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months2918 within 6 months · 29 estimated
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Published award value, 24m£35mnet · on 41 of 41 published values · top 5 = 51%
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Open notices

4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Provision for Public Service Obligation Air Services15 Jan 202761d£1,977,796
Capital Building Works Projects DPSDPS9 lots16 Dec 2027396d—
Surface Dressing Works Dynamic Purchasing System 2024 - 2034DPS28 Feb 20342,662d—
Building Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing SystemDPS18 lots20 May 20363,474d£2,255,835

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

60 Transport services (except waste transport)15 procedures · 29% · 1 open
85 Health and social work services11 procedures · 22%
71 Architectural, construction, engineering7 procedures · 14% · 1 open
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 12%
50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 10%
45 Construction work4 procedures · 8%
90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental3 procedures · 6% · 1 open
44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 6%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 51 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract82%(42 notices)
    42 of 51 notices are Contract (82%).
  • Framework16%(8 notices)
    8 of 51 notices are Framework (16%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system2%(1 notice)
    1 of 51 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
Procedure route
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  • Open75%(38 notices)
    38 of 51 notices are Open (75%).
  • Route not published14%(7 notices)
    7 of 51 notices are Route not published (14%).
  • Limited / restricted10%(5 notices)
    5 of 51 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).
  • Selective2%(1 notice)
    1 of 51 notices is Selective (2%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 39 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

1robust · n=3953.8% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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Based on 51 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

132 of 51 notices amended

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Carr Gommframework/DPS on 346.6%318—
Craig of Campbeltown Ltd46.6%28—
McFadyens Contractors (Campbeltown) Ltdframework/DPS on 334.9%19—
Scottish Autismframework/DPS on 223.3%24—
Affinity Trustframework/DPS on 223.3%24—
Mariner Support Associates Ltdframework/DPS on 223.3%24—
Doherty & Lafferty Ltdframework/DPS on 123.3%23—
ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way)framework/DPS on 223.3%23—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 18% of 61 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 126 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£35mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 41 of 41 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 51%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£491k middle valuerobust · n=41Middle half £175k–£922k.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Provision of School & Local Transport Services, Oban & LornCraig of Campbeltown Ltd——£7,276,444 †
Waste Management Services following expiry of the Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) ArrangementsBiffa Waste Services Ltd——£5,608,359 †
CowalJohn Brown (Strone) Ltd——£1,800,000 †
Oban & Lorn and MullOban Electrical Services (Ltd)——£1,750,000 †
Helensburgh & LomondDCF Joiners & Building Services Ltd——£1,550,000 †

Contracts ending
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126 of 167 contracts carry an end date, 116 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
Mainland and Isle of Bute (East) (Bute & Cowal and Helensburgh & Lomond)Active Traffic Management Solutions Ltd, Central Traffic Management Ltd, Class One Traffic Management Ltd +528 Jan 2027 estimated£230,000 ceiling
Mainland (West) (Mid-Argyll, Kintyre, Oban & Lorn)Active Traffic Management Solutions Ltd, Central Traffic Management Ltd, Class One Traffic Management Ltd +528 Jan 2027 estimated£230,000 ceiling
Islands (West)Active Traffic Management Solutions Ltd, Central Traffic Management Ltd, Class One Traffic Management Ltd +528 Jan 2027 estimated£230,000 ceiling
Civil Works EastAmalgamated Construction Ltd, Cairn Construction Ltd, D A MacDonald (Contractors) Ltd +320 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Confined Spaces EastDM Fabrication Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, Geo-Structural Ltd20 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Confined Spaces NorthDM Fabrication Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, Geo-Structural Ltd20 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Confined Spaces SouthDM Fabrication Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, Geo-Structural Ltd20 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Urgent / Emergency Works EastD A MacDonald (Contractors) Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, George Leslie Ltd +320 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Urgent / Emergency Works NorthD A MacDonald (Contractors) Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, George Leslie Ltd +320 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling
Urgent / Emergency Works SouthD A MacDonald (Contractors) Ltd, Geo-Rope LTD, George Leslie Ltd +320 Mar 2027 estimated£866,000 ceiling

Soonest 10 of 29 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 99 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Provision of School Transport Services – Mull (1166C)Transport services (excl. Waste transport)Awarded / complete12 Mar 2026—
Campbeltown Esplanade & Kinloch Park Active Travel: Developed & Technical DesignDesign consultancy servicesAwarded / complete11 Mar 2026—
Rothesay Pavilion to Joint Campus Active Travel Network: Developed & Technical DesignDesign consultancy servicesAwarded / complete11 Mar 2026—
Supply of Fuel and Associated Services at Oban AirportFuelsAwarded / complete3 Mar 2026—
Traffic Management Services Framework 2025-2026Frameworkcentral purchasing body3 lotsTraffic-signal maintenance servicesAwarded / complete11 Feb 2026—
Education Seesaw Subscription Renewal 2025-2027Software package and information systemsAwarded / complete3 Feb 2026—
Provision of Public Space CCTV Installations / Upgrades With Planned & Reactive Maintenance ServicesRepair and maintenance services of security equipmentCancelled2 Feb 2026£400,000
Craignure Pier – FBC Management & Design Consultancy ServicesCivil engineering consultancy servicesOpen29 Jan 2026—
Helensburgh, Cardross, Dumbarton Cyclepath Active Travel Route - Phase 3: Developed & Technical DesignDesign consultancy servicesPlanned16 Dec 2025—
Tenancy Support Servicescentral purchasing body7 lotsSocial work and related servicesCancelled11 Dec 2025£2,055,000
Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Servicescentral purchasing body3 lotsChild daycare servicesAwarded / complete11 Dec 2025—
Provision of Early Learning and Childcare Servicescentral purchasing body3 lotsChild daycare servicesAwarded / complete11 Dec 2025—
Supported Living ServicesFrameworkcentral purchasing bodySocial work and related servicesAwarded / complete11 Dec 2025—
Serviced Accommodation in Helensburgh and Dunooncentral purchasing body2 lotsAccommodation servicesAwarded / complete11 Dec 2025—
Carers Support Servicescentral purchasing body4 lotsSocial work and related servicesCancelled11 Dec 2025—
Care at Home and Supported Living Services2 lotsSocial work and related servicesAwarded / complete11 Dec 2025—
Tenancy Support Servicescentral purchasing body5 lotsSocial work and related servicesAwarded / complete10 Dec 2025£2,357,012
Care at Home ServicesFrameworkcentral purchasing body12 lotsSocial work and related servicesAwarded / complete10 Dec 2025£48,000,000
Argyll and Bute General Property Maintenance Term Contract8 lotsBuilding construction workAwarded / complete27 Nov 2025—
Supply and Delivery of Uncoated Roadstone and Ready mix Concrete FrameworkFramework7 lotsRoadstoneAwarded / complete23 Oct 2025—

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  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 126 of 167 published contracts have an end date; 116 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.