Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Airfield De-Icer (Fluid and Granules) at Ten Airports
Notice Description
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) have a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Potassium Formate-based liquid de-icer and granular Sodium Formate runway de-icer products.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) have a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Potassium Formate-based liquid de-icer and granular Sodium Formate runway de-icer products. HIAL's airports are operated in accordance with the regulatory standards of statutory bodies including the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Department for Transport (DfT), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). HIAL Airports hold Controlled Activity Regulations (CAR) licences, designed to prevent and control pollution. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) audit HIAL using the SEPA scheme called Compliance Assessment Scheme (CAS). CAS has been designed to demonstrate the level of compliance associated with specific licence conditions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d3d5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070546-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
24951310 - De-icing agents
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Aug 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AIRPORTS LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV2 7JB
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Culloden and Ardersier
- Westminster Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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