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title: "Salt for Winter Road Maintenance"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000838285"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scottish Borders Council"
published: "2026-08-06"
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# Salt for Winter Road Maintenance

Buyer: Scottish Borders Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000838285

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561728 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £703,213 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scottish Borders Council |
| Locality | NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS |
| Postcode area | Galashiels |
| Postcode | TD6 0SA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM91 Scottish Borders |
| Local authority | Scottish Borders |
| Electoral ward | Selkirkshire |
| Westminster constituency | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Delivery location | TLM91 Scottish Borders |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ICL UK(Sales) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

### Codes

- 34927100 - Road salt

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561728

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561728
  Salt for Winter Road Maintenance - 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).

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotborders.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000838285

## Provenance

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