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18/1349 Buckie North Street Wall

Description: Repairs to Retaining wall and stabilisation of slope below it on North High Street, Buckie.

Summary: Moray Council is procuring civil engineering works to repair a retaining wall and stabilise the slope beneath it on North High Street in Buckie, Moray. The requirement covers the design and build of the remedial works, using an NEC4 Option A contract with a priced activity schedule. The main work category is retaining-wall repair and landslip remediation (CPV 45220000), with associated site preparation and earthworks (CPV 45111230). The work will be delivered at the Buckie site, with Moray identified as the delivery area. This is a single requirement for works rather than a supply or service contract. The council is the buying organisation and will use electronic ordering and payment arrangements.

Traffic Management Services Framework 2027-2031

Description: Argyll and Bute Council are looking to appoint suppliers to form a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for the provision of Traffic Management Services, over a four-year period (1 year followed by 1 year extensions to allow for annual price review).

Summary: Argyll and Bute Council intends to establish a multi-supplier framework for traffic management services across Argyll and Bute. The work falls within traffic control services and is intended to support the council’s traffic management requirements across three geographic areas: Mainland East, covering Bute, Cowal, and Helensburgh and Lomond; Mainland West, covering Mid-Argyll, Kintyre, Oban and Lorn; and the Islands. Suppliers may therefore be relevant if they provide traffic management services across mainland and island locations in this area. The council is the buying organisation and is based in Lochgilphead. The framework is divided into three lots aligned with these service areas, allowing the geographic scope of the requirement to be considered separately.

Provision of Food Waste Haulage Services

Description: Haulage of Food Waste from Longman Waste Transfer Station to Treatment facility.

Summary: Highland Council is procuring food waste haulage services from Longman Waste Transfer Station to a treatment facility. The work covers collection and transport of food waste as a refuse and waste-related service, serving Inverness. It is a single service requirement rather than a divided multi-lot opportunity. The council is the buying organisation and the service is intended to support the onward treatment of food waste. Suppliers will need to provide the operational resources, vehicles and suitably qualified drivers required to move the material reliably between the transfer station and treatment facility. The requirement is relevant to waste management businesses, specialist food waste hauliers and transport operators with experience of compliant commercial waste movements and access to appropriate haulage capacity.

Provision of Food Waste Haulage Services

Description: Haulage of Food Waste from Longman Waste Transfer Station to Treatment facility.

Summary: Highland Council is seeking a contractor to haul food waste from Longman Waste Transfer Station in Inverness to a treatment facility. This is a waste transport and haulage service, classified under CPV 90500000, delivered in Inverness. The requirement covers the collection or onward movement of food waste between the named transfer station and treatment facility, with the contractor responsible for providing the operational service. The procurement is for services and is being run by Highland Council, a local authority and central purchasing body. The contract also includes electronic ordering and payment arrangements, and the successful supplier will be expected to support the Council’s wider community and environmental objectives through its delivery approach.

Robocutting on Seafield and Strathspey Estates to improve habitat for capercaillie

Description: This contract will deliver 30 days of robocutting across three work areas covering approximately 180 hectares of pinewood habitat around the villages of Boat of Garten and Carrbridge on Seafield and Strathspey Estates, within the Cairngorms National Park. The work will improve habitat conditions for capercaillie as part of the Capercaillie Emergency Plan and is funded by the Scottish Government's Nature Restoration Fund.

Summary: Cairngorms National Park Authority is buying habitat-management services on behalf of Seafield and Strathspey Estates. The work is robocutting in pinewood and bog woodland around Boat of Garten and Carrbridge, within the Cairngorms National Park. It covers three work areas with approximately 180 hectares of gross habitat, to improve conditions for capercaillie under the Capercaillie Emergency Plan. The requirement is for cutting operations rather than general forestry consultancy or construction. The intended work includes approximately 10–15 hectares of cutting, although actual output will depend on terrain and site complexity. The contract is funded by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund and is classified as environmental land-management and forestry services.

Traffic Management Services Framework 2027-2031

Description: Argyll and Bute Council are looking to appoint suppliers to form a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for the provision of Traffic Management Services, over a four-year period (1 year followed by 1 year extensions to allow for annual price review).

Summary: Argyll and Bute Council intends to establish a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework for traffic management services (CPV 63712700). The framework will cover three geographic lots: Mainland East, comprising Bute, Cowal, and Helensburgh and Lomond; Mainland West, comprising Mid-Argyll, Kintyre, Oban and Lorn; and the Islands. Suppliers may therefore be relevant if they provide traffic management services in one or more of these areas. The council is the buying organisation and will use the framework for its traffic management requirements across Argyll and Bute. The planned arrangement is divided geographically, allowing businesses to consider where they can provide services and whether their operational coverage matches the areas described.

24.917 - 2 No. Small Business Units, Plot 14, Inverness Campus

Description: Construction of 2 No. Small Business Units on Plot 14 at Inverness Campus. Each building is circa 230m2 GFA and comprises workshop/open plan area, toilets, office, kitchen, meeting and plant space.

Summary: Highlands and Islands Enterprise is procuring construction works for two small business units at Plot 14, Inverness Campus, Inverness. Each building will provide approximately 230 square metres of gross floor area, comprising a workshop or open-plan area, toilets, office, kitchen, meeting space and plant space. The requirement covers the complete construction of these commercial premises, including associated building and engineering works. The site is at Inverness Campus, and the development is intended to provide accommodation for small businesses. This is a works contract suited to building contractors and construction consortia with the resources to deliver two similar units as one project.

Holistic Support Services for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in Highland

Description: The Highland Council are looking to notify the market of their intention to commission a holistic support service for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) referred through the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) and those arriving spontaneously within the Highland area. It is anticipated that the initial contract length will be two years (April 2027 - March 2029) with additional options to extend the contract on a yearly basis for up a further three years (March 2032). Funding will be provided through the UK Government's funding arrangements and the Council's ability to exercise any extension option will be dependent on the continuation of this funding supply.

Summary: The Highland Council intends to commission holistic support services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children referred through the National Transfer Scheme and for children arriving spontaneously in the Highland area. The service will provide social work and welfare support, helping young people who may have experienced displacement, trauma, loss and uncertainty to live safely and successfully in local communities while progressing through the asylum and immigration process. Its purpose is to promote safety, stability, wellbeing, integration, independence and positive outcomes. This is a children’s social care service delivered across the whole Highland Council geographical area, with the Council as the buying organisation. The work falls within health and social work services, including welfare and social work services for children and young people without accommodation.

Holistic Support Services for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in Highland

Description: The Highland Council are looking to notify the market of their intention to commission a holistic support service for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) referred through the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) and those arriving spontaneously within the Highland area. It is anticipated that the initial contract length will be two years (April 2027 - March 2029) with additional options to extend the contract on a yearly basis for up a further three years (March 2032). Funding will be provided through the UK Government's funding arrangements and the Council's ability to exercise any extension option will be dependent on the continuation of this funding supply.

Summary: The Highland Council intends to commission one holistic support service for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children referred through the National Transfer Scheme and for children arriving spontaneously in the Highland area. The service will promote safety, stability, wellbeing, integration, independence and positive outcomes for young people who may have experienced displacement, trauma, loss and uncertainty. It will support children and young people to live safely and successfully in local communities across Highland while progressing through the asylum and immigration process. This is a social and other support service, covering holistic assistance and community-based support for unaccompanied children. Delivery is required across the whole geographical area of Highland Council, rather than at a single named site.

Operation of Spaceport 1

Description: Operation of Spaceport 1, Scopaig Farm, isle of North Uist

Summary: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is procuring services to operate Spaceport 1 at Scolpaig Farm on the Isle of North Uist. The requirement concerns space transport services and covers operation of the spaceport facility at the stated site. It is a single service requirement rather than a package of separately described activities. Community benefits form part of the requirement, with expected benefits to be delivered in line with the invitation to tender. The buyer is the local authority for the Western Isles, based in Stornoway. This opportunity is therefore relevant to organisations able to take responsibility for operating a spaceport and supporting space transport activity at a remote island location.