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# Removal and Installation of Dubh Artach Entrance Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/removal-and-installation-of-dubh-artach-entrance-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc51). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Lighthouse Board: "Removal and Installation of Dubh Artach Entrance Platform". Published status: complete. Published Value: £50,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 May 2025, 15:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Lighthouse Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-lighthouse-board-gov-pb463)
- **Published Value:** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 May 2025 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Electrical engineering installation works, Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £50,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/removal-and-installation-of-dubh-artach-entrance-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc51#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04fc51`

## 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/removal-and-installation-of-dubh-artach-entrance-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc51#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/removal-and-installation-of-dubh-artach-entrance-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-04fc51#participate

## Description
NLB have a requirement for the removal and installation of the entrance platform at Dubh Artach lighthouse, situated off the west coast of Scotland, approximately 70 miles south-west of Oban, at a position of 56º 08.0’ North, 06º 37.9’ West. The structure stands 38 meters high and is constructed from granite blocks. The light is at an elevation of 44 metres, flashes 2 white every 30 seconds, and has a range of 20 miles. 
The lighthouse tower is the only building on the rock outcrop. The tower is accessed by a vertical ladder from the base of the tower to a steel platform 9.8m above. The ladder is fitted with a fall arrest system that must be used when climbing the ladder.
The primary access to Dubh Artach Lighthouse is by helicopter, and landing at this light is only to be carried out on the ebb tide. Due to the limited time window for helicopter operations the successful contractor will be required to stay on site, living within the lighthouse tower. An NLB technician will be on site for the duration of the works to supervise and maintain a functioning light. We are estimating 4 people in total staying at the lighthouse during the accessible periods outlined below, 3 maximum from the successful contractor and 1 NLB technician. Our requirement is for the removal of the existing aluminium entrance platform at Dubh Artach, then installing the replacement entrance platform to completion, currently being manufactured by a third party to NLB drawings specifications. 
Due to the location of this site, the majority of materials and equipment will be transported to and from site via NLB vessel & helicopter.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=967321745

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45200000, 45315100
- **Delivery regions:** UKM
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/06/2025 to 29/08/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Accted Engineering**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-155187`
  - Value: £50,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 29/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012647-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-21T13:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:28:04.764Z
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