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title: "Argyll & Bute Climate Ready Regions Business Case"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000812895"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ARGYLL AND THE ISLES COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE TRUST (ACT)"
published: "2025-12-02"
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# Argyll & Bute Climate Ready Regions Business Case

Buyer: ARGYLL AND THE ISLES COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE TRUST (ACT)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000812895

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## Summary

See notice for full details.

## Notice

Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT) wishes to engage a suitably qualified consultant to develop a high-level business case for an Argyll and Bute Climate Ready Region partnership. The business case would help to help secure future funding to develop and maintain a sustainable partnership model and produce a routemap of actions to establish the partnership over the next 5 years.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT), on behalf of ABCAN and the Argyll and Bute CPP, the project partners, with support from Adaptation Scotland, wishes to engage a suitably qualified consultant to develop a business case to help secure future funding to develop and maintain a sustainable partnership model and produce a routemap of actions to establish the partnership over the next 5 years. The outputs of this work will provide a robust business case for the partnership, including an evidence base and plan around which to focus action and seek future support and investment and should allow organisations more widely across Argyll and Bute to identify how they fit into the overall approach.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC544698 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract 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 | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Nov 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 17 Nov 2025 - 10 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,833 |
| Lots value | £20,833 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £19,600 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ARGYLL AND THE ISLES COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE TRUST (ACT) |
| Locality | ARGYLL |
| Post town | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA31 8SH |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Electoral ward | Mid Argyll |
| Westminster constituency | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber |
| Delivery location | TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WATERMAN GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79314000 - Feasibility study
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services

## Release History

- 2 Dec 2025 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC544698
- 13 Oct 2025 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541319

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT541319&idx=3
  27th October 2025 - ACT's standard T&C's for services contracts
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT541319&idx=1
  13th October 2025 - Statement of Requirments
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT541319&idx=2
  13th October 2025 - Appendix 1: Basic Details
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541319
  Argyll & Bute Climate Ready Regions Business Case - Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT) wishes to engage a suitably qualified consultant to develop a high-level business case for an Argyll and Bute Climate Ready Region partnership. The business case would help to help secure future funding to develop and maintain a sustainable partnership model and produce a routemap of actions to establish the partnership over the next 5 years.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC544698
  Argyll & Bute Climate Ready Regions Business Case - Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT) wishes to engage a suitably qualified consultant to develop a high-level business case for an Argyll and Bute Climate Ready Region partnership. The business case would help to help secure future funding to develop and maintain a sustainable partnership model and produce a routemap of actions to establish the partnership over the next 5 years.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.act-now.org.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000812895

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