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title: "Provision of Minor Archaeological Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037e3c"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2022-11-01"
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# Provision of Minor Archaeological Services

Buyer: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037e3c

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## Summary

The Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has completed the procurement process for the provision of Minor Archaeological Services through a call-off contract. The contract involves services related to archaeological survey, monitoring, and recording for over 300 properties throughout Scotland. The procurement method used was an open procedure. The contract has been awarded to AOC Archaeology, with a total contract value of £208,750. The award was made on 1st November 2022, and the contract is currently active.

This procurement opportunity presents business growth potential for companies specializing in archaeological services, particularly those equipped to handle small and large-scale archaeological projects. Businesses offering services such as archaeological evaluation trenching, standing building recording, metal detecting surveys, and geophysical surveys would be well-suited to compete. The location for the services is primarily in the United Kingdom region. The awarded supplier, AOC Archaeology, is an SME, indicating opportunities for smaller businesses to successfully bid on similar contracts.

## Notice

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) requires a call off contract to be put in place for minor archaeological services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) requires a call off contract to be put in place for minor archaeological services at HES Properties in Care (PICs). Conservation, maintenance and presentation programmes at PICs often necessitate ground disturbance, or present opportunities for standing building recording. HES wishes to ensure that works to deposits or structures are the subject of archaeological survey, monitoring and recording, where appropriate. There are over 300 PICs located throughout Scotland which HES operate under a Scheme of Delegations from Scottish Ministers. The scale of each call-out will be driven by the needs of the programme of works, and will often be small scale e.g. a watching brief, but can include larger scale services such as standing building recording, archaeological evaluation trenching, metal detecting survey and geophysical survey.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030882-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £208,750 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH9 1SH |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | Southside/Newington |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh South |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AOC ARCHAEOLOGY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 45112450 - Excavation work at archaeological sites
- 71351720 - Geophysical surveys of archaeological sites
- 71351914 - Archaeological services

## Release History

- 1 Nov 2022 at 16:36 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030882-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://historicenvironment.scot
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000700952
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:191647-2022:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00164

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