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title: "Tarbert Heritage Scheme: Textile Heritage Community Project - Threads of the Sea (HES/Lottery Funded) (RETENDER)"
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buyer: "Argyll and Bute Council"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# Tarbert Heritage Scheme: Textile Heritage Community Project - Threads of the Sea (HES/Lottery Funded) (RETENDER)

Buyer: Argyll and Bute Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000845172

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## Summary

Argyll and Bute Council seeks a suitably experienced facilitator, or team, to design and deliver Threads of the Sea, a community-led textile heritage project in Tarbert. Using knitting, embroidery, spinning and dyeing, the project will explore the area’s maritime heritage and involve a wide cross-section of the community in creating place-based artworks. The work is intended to revive traditional textile skills, support storytelling and cultural exchange, strengthen social connection and wellbeing, and encourage learning between generations. It also aims to produce high-quality public artworks rooted in local people and place. This is a heritage and community arts service, classified under CPV 92312000. Delivery is in Tarbert; the project is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and Lottery funds.

The buyer invited offers through an open procedure for one lot. The tender deadline was 30 October 2026 at 12:00, with bids submitted electronically in English; the enquiry deadline is not stated. The maximum budget for the whole requirement is £10,000. The contract period is 720 days. The process reached the tender stage; no cancellation or withdrawal is recorded. The published evaluation basis and eligibility requirements are not described in the structured tender information. Bidders cannot submit variants. The tender set the bid-opening time as 30 October 2026 at 12:00, and the evaluation period was due to start at that time. The listed contract period and budget apply to the single project rather than separate service packages.

This opportunity suits a facilitator or collaborative team combining textile-making practice with community engagement and heritage interpretation. Suppliers should be able to plan and deliver participatory activity using traditional crafts, including knitting, embroidery, spinning and dyeing, and turn local maritime stories into meaningful, visible public artworks. The brief calls for engaging a broad mix of residents and supporting intergenerational learning, social connection and wellbeing, so experience working inclusively with communities and creating a welcoming programme is relevant. A strong fit will also require the ability to connect craft activity with place-based storytelling and cultural exchange, and to deliver work of high artistic quality. The project is a focused, single-lot commission with a modest overall scale; a team approach may suit suppliers who need to combine creative, facilitation and heritage skills.

## Notice

The purpose of this commission is to appoint a suitably experienced facilitator (team) to design and deliver a community-led textile heritage project, entitled, Threads of the Sea. The project will use traditional textile crafts (knitting, embroidery, spinning and dyeing) to explore and interpret Tarbert's maritime heritage, engaging a wide cross-section of the community in the creation of meaningful, place-based artworks. The project seeks to: 1) Engage the Tarbert community in creative exploration of local maritime heritage 2) Revitalise and reinterpret traditional textile skills 3) Foster social connection, wellbeing, and intergenerational learning 4)Create visible, high-quality public artworks rooted in place and people Textile practice will be used as both a heritage interpretation tool and a social activity, supporting storytelling, cultural exchange, and community cohesion.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The purpose of this commission is to appoint a suitably experienced facilitator (team) to design and deliver a community-led textile heritage project, entitled, Threads of the Sea. The project will use traditional textile crafts (knitting, embroidery, spinning and dyeing) to explore and interpret Tarbert's maritime heritage, engaging a wide cross-section of the community in the creation of meaningful, place-based artworks. The project seeks to: 1) Engage the Tarbert community in creative exploration of local maritime heritage 2) Revitalise and reinterpret traditional textile skills 3) Foster social connection, wellbeing, and intergenerational learning 4)Create visible, high-quality public artworks rooted in place and people Textile practice will be used as both a heritage interpretation tool and a social activity, supporting storytelling, cultural exchange, and community cohesion.. This is project is funded by HES/Lottery Funds. There is a maximum budget, for the whole requirement, of 10,000.00 GBP only.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566246 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Argyll and Bute Council |
| Locality | LOCHGILPHEAD |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA31 8RT |
| 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 | TLM6 Highlands and Islands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92312000 - Artistic services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566246

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566246
  Tarbert Heritage Scheme: Textile Heritage Community Project - Threads of the Sea (HES/Lottery Funded) (RETENDER) - The purpose of this commission is to appoint a suitably experienced facilitator (team) to design and deliver a community-led textile heritage project, entitled, Threads of the Sea. The project will use traditional textile crafts (knitting, embroidery, spinning and dyeing) to explore and interpret Tarbert's maritime heritage, engaging a wide cross-section of the community in the creation of meaningful, place-based artworks. The project seeks to: 1) Engage the Tarbert community in creative exploration of local maritime heritage 2) Revitalise and reinterpret traditional textile skills 3) Foster social connection, wellbeing, and intergenerational learning 4)Create visible, high-quality public artworks rooted in place and people Textile practice will be used as both a heritage interpretation tool and a social activity, supporting storytelling, cultural exchange, and community cohesion.

## Notice URLs

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- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000845172
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=845172
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