Awarded contract

Establishing and Managing a Trial Hub for Pre-processing of End-of-life Gear Waste from Fishing and Aquaculture Sectors

Details

Supplier(s)
W & J Knox Ltd
Value
£488,880
Topic
Marine equipment
Published
5 August 2026

Tender description

Marine directorate require a supplier to set-up and run a collection point where end-of-life aquaculture and fishing gear can be brought for pre-processing ahead of recycling. The supplier will also be required to provide a full service for the receipt, cleaning, drying, dismantling and sorting of gear that is free to access by users. Lot 1: Marine directorate require a supplier to set-up and run a collection point where end-of-life aquaculture and fishing gear can be brought for pre-processing ahead of recycling. The supplier will also be required to provide a full service for the receipt, cleaning, drying, dismantling and sorting of gear that is free to access by users.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 August 2026
  2. Completed: Award published5 August 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34930000 · Marine equipment
  • 98361000 · Aquatic marine services

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