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title: "Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)"
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# Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-to-argyll-and-bute-a83-ocds-h6vhtk-02a395). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport Scotland: "Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £25,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 May 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Transport Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-scotland-GB-FTS-1154)
- **Published Value:** £25,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Civil engineering consultancy services, Consultative engineering and construction services, Engineering services, Environmental engineering consultancy services, Environmental impact assessment for construction (+8 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM63
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £11,343,597 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a395`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-to-argyll-and-bute-a83-ocds-h6vhtk-02a395#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/access-to-argyll-and-bute-a83-ocds-h6vhtk-02a395#participate

## Description
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Minsters. Over the forthcoming years Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint suitably qualified and experienced multi-disciplinary consultants (“Consultants”) for provision of services to support delivery of a new length of trunk road at the Rest and be Thankful (A83) in
Argyll and Bute. Services sought include DMRB scheme development and assessment, promotion of statutory consents through the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 consenting framework including Environmental Impact Assessment, procurement of construction suppliers and site supervision.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71300000, 71310000, 71311000, 71311200, 71311210, 71311220
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £25,000,000
- **Description:** As a consequence of increased slope failures at the A83 Rest and be Thankful, Transport Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, has identified the requirement to appoint multi-disciplinary Consultants to develop a scheme to provide a long term...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029589-2022-TS/MP/SER/2021/02-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Atkins Limited, WSP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PLLV-1772-YDYN`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £11,343,597 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029589-2022-TS/MP/SER/2021/02-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £11,343,597
  - Signed Date: 26/09/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029589-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-10-20T11:56:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:26:21.728Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a395