Published date: 1 July 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 August 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Painting work of structures - 45442121

  • Refurbishment work - 45453100

Location of contract

Scotland

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP207903371

Published date

1 July 2016

Closing date

3 August 2016

Contract start date

12 September 2016

Contract end date

10 October 2016

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The project involves the Maintenance & Refurbishment of the Isle of May Beacon. The Isle of May Beacon and Isle of May Lighthouse is located on an estuarial Island at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, 5 miles from Fife and 11 miles from East Lothian. At a position of 56° 11.2' N, 02° 33.3' W. the light is situated 73 meters above sea level and is classified a Scheduled Monument. The Northern Lighthouse Board is seeking a specialist contractor with experience of Historic Scotland or similar/equivalent project work in masonry repairs to historic or equivalent buildings and use of lime mortars to conduct the proposed works which involve the removal of defective render from Beacon, and application of a new lime render system. A new timber entrance door and window will be fitted as detailed in the tender specification document Reference: ENP1/LIMY/1395, which can be downloaded from http://nlb.g2b.info under "Other Information".

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.All interested parties must obtain and return the tender documentation from the person named at point 2. Full details of the specification are included within the tender documents. A site visit is planned for Isle of May Beacon on Wednesday 13 July 2016. No alternative site visit dates will be provided by the Board. The tender documents and details to arrange the visit are contained within the tender document which can be downloaded from http://nlb.g2b.info under "Other Information".

About the buyer

Contact name

Donald Innes, Procurement Officer

Address

84 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3DA
UK

Telephone

01314733130

Email

procurement@nlb.org.uk