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Salt for Winter Road Maintenance

Scottish Borders Council

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06 Aug 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Borders Council bought salt for winter road maintenance through the Scotland Excel Salt for Winter Road Maintenance Framework (1521). The requirement concerns the supply of road salt used to support winter maintenance services for the council’s area, with delivery associated with the Scottish Borders. It is a goods procurement rather than a services or construction contract. The named buyer is Scottish Borders Council, a local authority headquartered in Newtown St Boswells. The selected supplier was ICL UK(Sales) Limited, whose business is recorded as an SME and whose address is at Boulby mine near Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The procurement classification is CPV 34927100, covering road salt. This was a framework call-off and the published outcome records actual regulated spend rather than a new invitation to tender.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded. Scottish Borders Council called off from the Scotland Excel framework using an open procedure. There was one bid, which came from an SME, and the contract was awarded to ICL UK(Sales) Limited for the single lot. The contract was signed on 1 April 2025 and is recorded as active. The reported contract value is £703,213.14, inclusive of the stated currency GBP. The notice records actual cumulative call-off spend during the 12-month period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. The lot’s published description states that price and quality weightings and award criteria do not apply to this cumulative-spend award notice. The outcome is therefore a completed framework call-off, not an invitation for further bids.

For suppliers assessing this buyer’s future requirements, the award demonstrates substantial recurring demand for road salt to support winter road maintenance in the Scottish Borders. A credible competitor would need to supply the relevant road-salt product at the scale required for a local-authority winter service and operate through, or qualify for, the relevant Scotland Excel collaborative framework route. The result also shows that an SME supplier was able to secure the recorded call-off, so participation was not limited to a large corporate supplier. Relevant businesses are likely to be established salt producers, distributors or framework members with dependable supply capacity, logistics covering the Scottish Borders and the ability to support winter maintenance operations. Experience meeting public-sector framework requirements and maintaining reliable deliveries would strengthen their position when this type of requirement is next reviewed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Salt for Winter Road Maintenance

Notice Description

This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scotland Excel Framework for Salt for Winter Road Maintenance (1521) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Cumulative spend from the Scotland Excel Framework for Salt for Winter Road Maintenance (1521) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).. The Award Criteria and the price and quality weightings do not apply when publishing the cumulative spend incurred at Scottish Borders Council from this collaborative Framework.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000838285
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561728
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

CPV Codes

34927100 - Road salt

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£703,213 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Apr 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Borders Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS
Postcode
TD6 0SA
Postcode Area
Galashiels
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Delivery Location
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Local Authority
Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward
Selkirkshire
Westminster Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ICL UK(Sales) Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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