Awarded contract

The Provision of Snow Clearing & Gritting Services

Details

Value
£12,500
Topic
Snow-clearing services
Published
1 September 2025

Tender description

The Provision of Snow Clearing & Gritting Services Lot 1: Inverness College UHI is to source a contractor through a formal compliant tender process to deliver the Provision of a Snow Clearings and Gritting Scope of Work and Services. Snow clearing and gritting services are essential in ensuring that in times of adverse weather that Inverness College UHI can remain open with safe roads and car parks for both its students and staff. The College is seeking to enter a local contract with a Contractor to provide fully qualified personnel and equipment to conduct snow clearing and gritting activities at its following sites: Inverness College UHI, 1 Inverness Campus, Inverness Scottish School of Forestry, Balloch, Inverness College UHI, 58 Harbour Road, Inverness Note, Inverness College UHI, 7 Burnett Road, this site may only be available on request and may not be included within the contract. The building is unoccupied at present although the lease does not run out until May 2026. Priority Areas: All fire escape routes should be prioritised before car parks. 1 Inverness Campus: Priority Areas – Car Park 1 and pavements / walkways at front entrance to building. Maximum duration of 3 hours for snow clearing. Scottish School of Forestry: Priority Area – Access Road and pavements / walkways at front and rear entrance to main building. Maximum duration of 2 hours for snow clearing. 58 Harbour Road: Priority Area – Car Park area and front entrance. Maximum duration of 1 hour for snow clearing. Note as above - 7 Burnett Road: Priority Area – Car Park Area to East of site. Maximum duration of 1 hour for snow clearing. For any additional hours over the above the contractor must receive approval from an authorised member of the Estates Team in advance prior to the commencement of additional snow clearing and gritting activities.. A site visit will take place on 7 July 2025 (exact date/times to be confirmed), please confirm your attendance via the Public Contracts Scotland mailbox no later than 4 July 2025.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date27 August 2025
  2. Completed: Award published1 September 2025
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About the buyer

Inverness College UHI delivers further and higher education across the Highlands as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands network. The Scottish Funding Council funds the college as a contracting authority. A procurement team inside the finance department runs buying for the college. Public Contracts Scotland carries every tender, quick-quote and contract award notice the college issues. Much of this procurement flows through Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, the sector's shared buying service. Crown Commercial Service, Scotland Excel and NWUPC add further framework routes. Regulated contracts are logged on the college's Hunter Contract Database.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Inverness College UHI's contract awards have been in industrial machinery, construction materials and agricultural and horticultural services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 90620000 · Snow-clearing services

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