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Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework

Awarded United Kingdom Environment, sewage & cleaning

Buyer Scottish Borders Council

€329,622 awarded value

Key facts

Awarded
Procedure
Open procedure Anyone may submit a bid, in one step, with no pre-selection. Full entry
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Awarded to

Borders Machinery Ring Ltd; Ian Hunter T/A ST BOSWELLS MOWERS; Irvine Plant Ltd; NWH Construction Services Ltd; Pearsons of Duns; Swans minicoach hire

Awarded value
€329,622
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register
Back on the market
Apr 2027 How we know

Summary

Machine-generated summary

Scottish Borders Council has awarded winter maintenance assistance services by calling off from its Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework (1001298). The contract was awarded on 2026-04-01 and runs for 12 months, with the framework spend expected to come back to market on 2027-04-01. Winners include Borders Machinery Ring Limited with GBP121,262.00, Irvine Plant Limited with GBP87,788.00, St Boswells Mowers with GBP50,803.00 and Angus Swan T/A Swans Minicoach Hire with GBP22,765.00. Pearsons Of Duns Limited and NWH Construction Services Limited each received GBP0.00. The total awarded value recorded is EUR 329,622.11. This notice is a contract award notice, not an invitation to tender.

Timing

  1. Awarded
  2. Published
  3. Contract ends, estimated April 2027

When this contract comes back

estimated

This contract runs about 12 months, so it is back on the market around April 2027.

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Description

This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scottish Borders Council Framework for Winter Maintenance Assistance Service (1001298) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026). Award against framework: SBC1001298 Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework Scottish Borders Council Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework 1001298. This is not an Invitation to Tender notice but is instead a Contract Award notice advising the market that Scottish Borders Council has awarded this business after calling off from a Scottish Borders Framework. Borders Machinery Ring Limited GBP121,262.00 Irvine Plant Limited GBP87,788.00 St Boswells Mowers GBP50,803.00 Angus Swan T/A Swans Minicoach Hire GBP22,765.00 Pearsons Of Duns Limited GBP0.00 NWH Construction Services Limited GBP0.00 (SC Ref:838674)

After the award

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A debrief request in the buyer's language (English). Fill in the parts in square brackets and send it to the contact named in your award letter.

To: Scottish Borders Council

Subject: Request for the reasons for the award decision. Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework ([Reference number])

Dear Sir or Madam,

We submitted a tender in the procedure named above and have been informed that the contract was awarded to another tenderer.

So that we can understand the decision, we kindly ask you to send us:

1. the reasons why our tender was not selected;
2. the name of the successful tenderer, and the characteristics and relative advantages of its tender;
3. the scores that our tender and the successful tender received on each award criterion, with the reasons for each score;
4. the date on which the standstill period ends, if one applies.

Please confirm that you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,

[Name and position]
[Company]
[Address]
[Email and telephone]
[Place and date]

This is not legal advice. The periods run from the date the decision was sent to you, which may differ from the date shown here. Check your award letter and national law, or ask a lawyer, before you rely on any date.

Official source

Source: Public Contracts Scotland

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Last verified against Public Contracts Scotland 1 month ago

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Market

Environment, sewage & cleaning in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€173,702
More figures

What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 222 awards for Environment, sewage & cleaning in United Kingdom.

This award
€329,622
Median award
€173,702
Middle half of past awards
€68,766 to €668,969

The award sits inside the usual range.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Environment, sewage & cleaning
4,940
median open notice
€440,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Environment, sewage & cleaning

different companies won awards here
257
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
217

Based on 336 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Scottish Borders Council

notices in the register
74
awards
68
awarded in total
€52.7M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
60
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
12%

Based on 68 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Scottish Borders Council

United Kingdom

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