Argyll and Bute Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Lochgilphead·Central purchasing body on 15 of 51 notices
Find a Tender organisation id3190Websiteargyll-bute.gov.uk ↗
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Based on 39 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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61 awarded tenders, 126 different suppliers.
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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| Provision for Public Service Obligation Air Services | 15 Jan 2027 | 61d | £1,977,796 |
| Capital Building Works Projects DPS | 16 Dec 2027 | 396d | — |
| Surface Dressing Works Dynamic Purchasing System 2024 - 2034 | 28 Feb 2034 | 2,662d | — |
| Building Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing System | 20 May 2036 | 3,474d | £2,255,835 |
What they buyi
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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 open85 Health and social work services11 procedures · 22%71 Architectural, construction, engineering7 procedures · 14% · 1 open79 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 open44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 6%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 51 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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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%).
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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%).
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Based on 39 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 51 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
Who wins herei
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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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| Carr Gomm | 4 | 6.6% | 3 | 18 | — |
| Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | 4 | 6.6% | 2 | 8 | — |
| McFadyens Contractors (Campbeltown) Ltd | 3 | 4.9% | 1 | 9 | — |
| Scottish Autism | 2 | 3.3% | 2 | 4 | — |
| Affinity Trust | 2 | 3.3% | 2 | 4 | — |
| Mariner Support Associates Ltd | 2 | 3.3% | 2 | 4 | — |
| Doherty & Lafferty Ltd | 2 | 3.3% | 2 | 3 | — |
| ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way) | 2 | 3.3% | 2 | 3 | — |
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.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Provision of School & Local Transport Services, Oban & Lorn | Craig of Campbeltown Ltd | — | — | £7,276,444 † |
| Waste Management Services following expiry of the Council’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arrangements | Biffa Waste Services Ltd | — | — | £5,608,359 † |
| Cowal | John Brown (Strone) Ltd | — | — | £1,800,000 † |
| Oban & Lorn and Mull | Oban Electrical Services (Ltd) | — | — | £1,750,000 † |
| Helensburgh & Lomond | DCF Joiners & Building Services Ltd | — | — | £1,550,000 † |
Contracts endingi
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126 of 167 contracts carry an end date, 116 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
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
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Provision of School and Local Transport Services - ButeTransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 19 Sept 2025 | — |
| Provision of School Transport Services - Mid ArgyllTransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2025 | — |
| Provision of School and Local Transport Services - TireeTransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2025 | — |
| Provision of School Transport Services – Colonsay (1401N)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 18 Aug 2025 | — |
| Provision of School Transport Services – Mid Argyll (1506P)Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2025 | — |
| SCHOOL AND LOCAL TRANSPORT SERVICES - JURATransport services (excl. Waste transport) | Awarded / complete | 10 Jul 2025 | — |
About this data
- 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.