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Peeblesshire Native Riparian Woodlands

Description: This Invitation to Tender is a cumulative contract for two small scale woodland creation projects each with respective separate Forestry Grant Scheme agreements. This includes 5.22ha of native broadleaves at Heathpool Farm, 3 miles north of Peebles alongside 5.33ha of native broadleaves at Kailzie Farm, 3 miles south of Peebles. Both projects will help to buffer upland streams, improving water quality and increasing biodiversity within the Tweed catchment.

Summary: Tweed Forum is seeking a contractor to deliver two native broadleaf woodland creation projects on upland livestock farms around Peebles. The work covers 5.22 hectares at Heathpool Farm, north of Peebles, and 5.33 hectares at Kailzie Farm, south-east of Peebles. At Heathpool, planting will take place around the headwaters of the Windylaws Burn, following creation of natural flood-management ponds. At Kailzie, planting is around the headwaters of the Kailzie Burn, across two sub-compartments with different protection and design requirements. Both projects are intended to buffer upland streams, improve water quality and increase biodiversity in the Tweed catchment. This is a practical woodland establishment contract for suppliers able to carry out planting and associated site works at both locations.

Tweeddale Older Adults Day Service

Description: Market engagement for Tweeddale Older Adult Day Service

Summary: Scottish Borders Council, working with the Health and Social Care Partnership, is exploring a buildings-based day service for older adults in the Tweeddale locality. The service is intended for older people in the area and would involve providing day-service support from a building. This is a health and social care service, rather than a supply of goods or a construction project. The proposed delivery area is Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders.

Tweeddale Older Adults Day Service

Description: Market engagement for Tweeddale Older Adult Day Service

Summary: Scottish Borders Council, working with its Health and Social Care Partnership, is exploring a buildings-based day service for older adults in the Tweeddale locality. The proposed service falls within health and social care and is intended for older people in that area. The council is seeking expressions of interest from organisations that may be able to provide the service, and has prepared a briefing document and questionnaire for interested parties. This is market engagement to help inform the proposed procurement, rather than an invitation to submit a tender. The work would be delivered in Tweeddale.

Tweeddale Older Adults Day Service

Description: Market engagement for Tweeddale Older Adult Day Service

Summary: Scottish Borders Council, working with its Health and Social Care Partnership, is considering a buildings-based day service for older adults in the Tweeddale locality. The service falls within health and social care services and is intended for older people needing day support. The proposed setting is a dedicated building rather than a service delivered solely in people’s homes. The procurement is for a service, with Tweeddale identified as its delivery area. The council is seeking input from interested organisations to help inform its plans for this provision.

Asset Tracking System

Description: NHS Borders is seeking competitive tenders from suitably experienced suppliers for an asset tracking system. The requirement supports a programme to improve the control, traceability and efficient management of clinical and selected non-clinical equipment, replacing fragmented manual records with sustainable digital tracking and reporting.

Summary: NHS Borders is buying an asset tracking system to improve the control, traceability and efficient management of clinical and selected non-clinical equipment. The system is intended to replace fragmented manual records with digital tracking and reporting. The requirement covers delivery and configuration of the solution, testing, training, documentation and handover, as well as ongoing support, maintenance and service reporting. The system will be used at Borders General Hospital in Melrose. This is a software procurement, specifically an asset visibility and equipment utilisation solution for NHS equipment management.

Asset Tracking System

Description: NHS Borders is seeking competitive tenders from suitably experienced suppliers for an asset tracking system. The requirement supports a programme to improve the control, traceability and efficient management of clinical and selected non-clinical equipment, replacing fragmented manual records with sustainable digital tracking and reporting.

Summary: NHS Borders sought an asset tracking system for Borders General Hospital in Melrose. The system is intended to improve control, traceability and efficient management of clinical and selected non-clinical equipment, replacing fragmented manual records with digital tracking and reporting. The requirement covers an asset visibility and equipment utilisation solution, including its delivery, configuration and acceptance, together with implementation, testing, training, documentation and handover. Support, maintenance and service reporting are also required. This is a healthcare equipment-tracking technology procurement, rather than a purchase of medical equipment itself.

South of Scotland Heat Network Development Consultant

Description: The main purpose of this Invitation to Tender (ITT) is to appoint a consultant for the provision of services to support the development of a heat network appraisal, procurement and deployment approach in more rural parts of Scotland. This is a joint project between the Scottish Borders Council (SBC), Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) and South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE), with support from the Scottish Government's Heat Network Support Unit (HNSU).

Summary: Scottish Borders Council is seeking an external consultant to help develop a regional heat network project across the South of Scotland, working jointly with Dumfries and Galloway Council and South of Scotland Enterprise, with support from the Scottish Government’s Heat Network Support Unit. The work is to shape an appraisal, procurement and deployment approach for heat networks in more rural parts of Scotland. This is consultancy in heat network development and appraisal, rather than a contract to build or operate heat infrastructure. The project is intended to support regional development of heat networks; the contract is linked to completion of agreed deliverables. The stated delivery area is the South of Scotland.

Project L& Pentland Peatland Restoration Project

Description: Peatland restoration of an upland blanket bog using low-ground-pressure excavators and ATVs.

Summary: Tweed Forum is procuring peatland restoration works for upland blanket bog, using low-ground-pressure excavators and all-terrain vehicles (CPV 45112000). The work is divided across four sites in the Scottish Borders and surrounding area: Baddinsgill Farm, Cairns Farm, Eastside Farm and Bavelaw Estate. The scope covers restoration at multiple subsites: 12 at Baddinsgill, two at Cairns, one at Eastside and two at Bavelaw. Tweed Forum, an environmental charity and central purchasing body based in Melrose, is the buying organisation. This opportunity suits contractors delivering practical habitat restoration and earthworks in sensitive upland settings, particularly those able to work across dispersed peatland sites with specialist low-impact machinery.

Provision of Damp and Mould Surveying

Description: Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) is seeking to award a contract to a specialist contractor to provide damp and mould surveys across its housing stock.

Summary: Scottish Borders Housing Association Ltd is procuring specialist damp and mould surveying services for its housing stock in the Scottish Borders, including properties in and around Selkirk. The service will investigate damp, mould and condensation where the cause cannot be established through the Association’s initial inspection process. It is intended to provide evidence-based findings that support the Association’s obligations under the Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026. This is a housing-related professional surveying and inspection service, classified under CPV 71315300, with associated building inspection and technical testing activities. The requirement is for one service covering the Association’s housing stock rather than separate goods supplies or construction works.

Peebles Chambers Insititute Main Works

Description: The Chambers Institution project involves the refurbishment and adaptation of parts of the Category A Listed Chambers Institution in Peebles to create an integrated museum, library and art gallery, together with a new accessible arrival space. The works will improve accessibility through the installation of a new lift, enhance visitor facilities, upgrade building services, improve fire safety, and reconfigure internal spaces to ensure the building remains accessible, sustainable and fit for community use while preserving its historic character.

Summary: Scottish Borders Council is procuring main construction works for the refurbishment and adaptation of the Category A Listed Chambers Institution in Peebles. The project will create an integrated museum, library and art gallery, alongside a new accessible arrival space. The works include installing a lift to reach all public areas, reconfiguring internal spaces, improving the main entrance and street frontage, upgrading visitor facilities and building services, and enhancing fire safety. The aim is to preserve the building’s historic character while improving accessibility, functionality, sustainability and community use. This is a works contract delivered at Chambers Institution, Castlegate, Peebles, under the council’s responsibility. It suits principal contractors and heritage construction specialists able to manage refurbishment of a listed public building.