Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements
Authority: Northern Lighthouse Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDescription of Works
Cantick Head Lighthouse is accessed via a privately owned, single-track, unsurfaced road located beyond the end of the B9047 public road on South Walls, Orkney. The road provides the only vehicular route to the lighthouse and adjacent residential properties. The site is operational, with mains power and road access.
The road has deteriorated significantly over time due to weathering and lack of maintenance. It has now reached a condition that has been deemed unsuitable for safe vehicle passage. Notably, the Scottish Ambulance Service has recently advised that the road is currently impassable for their vehicles, posing a significant risk to nearby residents.
This project represents a targeted civil works intervention to regulate and resurface the road from the lighthouse to the mound, including the lighthouse dwelling driveway. These works are intended to ensure long-term vehicular access and address a pressing health and safety concern.
The works include surface regulation, overlay with a new asphalt layer, and necessary site mobilisation and clearance. It is a one-off project intended to improve safety, meet legal maintenance obligations, and reduce the risk of emergency vehicle inaccessibility.
The contract will include:
•Mobilisation and establishment of any temporary site facilities required
•Regulation of the existing road surface using imported material where necessary
•Laying of a new 50mm AC14 bituminous surface layer across the access road (width not exceeding 3m)
•Resurfacing of the lighthouse dwelling driveway area
•Final site clearance and reinstatement
Programme
The contractor must submit a works programme, at tender stage with proposed start dates for the sequence of works within this project. It is anticipated that the programme of scheduled works for this project will start on 1 December 2025, with an expected duration of 3 weeks, completing by 19 December 2025. A more detailed programme of work will be agreed between the NLB and the successful contractor.
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CPV: Road-maintenance works · Road-repair works · Surface work for roads
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£100,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Provide a detailed statement on how your company intends to approach proposed works
- Risk Assessments & Method Statements
- Provide a detailed Programme of Works
- Social Value
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Authority reference
ENAS/LCHD/2580- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064694- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae21Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published374 days ago13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BST
- Clarification questions by367 days ago20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline360 days ago27 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Latest notice published332 days ago24 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Contract starts326 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2025- Tender notice published13 Oct 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published24 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Nov 2025, 12:05 GMT
- Contract signature expected24 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Sinclair LtdSME1 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2025 | £120,452 | 24 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
| Andrew Sinclair LtdSME1 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2025 | £120,453 | 19 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Andrew Sinclair LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender