Skip to content
Tenfell
Awarded contract
Published 24 Nov 2025

Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements

Northern Lighthouse Board · Scotland

Key facts

Contract value
£240,906
Awarded
24 Nov 2025
Contract starts
01 Dec 2025
Contract ends
22 Dec 2025
Procedure
Below threshold - open competition
Buyer type
Central government

Awarded to

SupplierValue
Andrew Sinclair Ltd£120,453

Description

Description of Works Cantick Head Lighthouse is accessed via a privately owned, single-track, unsurfaced road located beyond the end of the B9047 public road on South Walls, Orkney. The road provides the only vehicular route to the lighthouse and adjacent residential properties. The site is operational, with mains power and road access. The road has deteriorated significantly over time due to weathering and lack of maintenance. It has now reached a condition that has been deemed unsuitable for safe vehicle passage. Notably, the Scottish Ambulance Service has recently advised that the road is currently impassable for their vehicles, posing a significant risk to nearby residents. This project represents a targeted civil works intervention to regulate and resurface the road from the lighthouse to the mound, including the lighthouse dwelling driveway. These works are intended to ensure long-term vehicular access and address a pressing health and safety concern. The works include surface regulation, overlay with a new asphalt layer, and necessary site mobilisation and clearance. It is a one-off project intended to improve safety, meet legal maintenance obligations, and reduce the risk of emergency vehicle inaccessibility. The contract will include: •Mobilisation and establishment of any temporary site facilities required •Regulation of the existing road surface using imported material where necessary •Laying of a new 50mm AC14 bituminous surface layer across the access road (width not exceeding 3m) •Resurfacing of the lighthouse dwelling driveway area •Final site clearance and reinstatement Programme The contractor must submit a works programme, at tender stage with proposed start dates for the sequence of works within this project. It is anticipated that the programme of scheduled works for this project will start on 1 December 2025, with an expected duration of 3 weeks, completing by 19 December 2025. A more detailed programme of work will be agreed between the NLB and the successful contractor. To view this notice, please click here: https://nlb.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=996444204

Categories (CPV)

Similar open tenders

About Northern Lighthouse Board

Their tenders, awards, contracts coming up for renewal, decision makers and committee papers.

View buyer profile

Their other open tenders

Published by the buyer on Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0). Always read the original notice before responding.