Scottish Borders Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Newtown St Boswells, Melrose
Official UK PPONPVRH-6348-LJJG
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 8 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
44 awarded tenders, 369 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
85 Health and social work services9 procedures · 35%71 Architectural, construction, engineering6 procedures · 23%34 Transport equipment and products4 procedures · 15%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental4 procedures · 15%45 Construction work2 procedures · 8%60 Transport services (except waste transport)2 procedures · 8%80 Education and training services2 procedures · 8%98 Other community, social and personal services2 procedures · 8%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 26 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract85%(22 notices)
22 of 26 notices are Contract (85%).Framework15%(4 notices)
4 of 26 notices are Framework (15%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open50%(13 notices)
13 of 26 notices are Open (50%).Limited / restricted23%(6 notices)
6 of 26 notices are Limited / restricted (23%).Route not published23%(6 notices)
6 of 26 notices are Route not published (23%).Selective4%(1 notice)
1 of 26 notices is Selective (4%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 8 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 26 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Irvine Plant Ltd | 5 | 11.4% | 1 | 13 | — |
| Borders Machinery Ring Ltd | 4 | 9.1% | 1 | 19 | — |
| Swans minicoach hire | 4 | 9.1% | 1 | 13 | — |
| Ray Sutherland Roofing Contractors Ltd | 3 | 6.8% | 1 | 14 | — |
| Ian Gourlay Tree Services | 3 | 6.8% | 1 | 12 | — |
| T & R Keddie Blacksmiths | 3 | 6.8% | 1 | 7 | — |
| MEH Builders and Joiners | 3 | 6.8% | 1 | 6 | — |
| Ballantynes Tree Services | 3 | 6.8% | 1 | 5 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 44 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 369 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Award - Treatment and Disposal of Residual Bulky Commercial and Street Cleansing Waste | Cireco (Scotland) LLP | — | — | £9,450,000 † |
| Young Carers and Family Drug and Alcohol Support Service | ACTION FOR CHILDREN | — | — | £1,000,000 † |
| School Counselling Service | MYPAS | — | — | £893,333 † |
| Purchase of Used Refuse Collection Vehicles | Refuse Vehicle Solutions Limited | — | — | £820,000 † |
| Award - Residential Respite and Weekend and Summer Activity Clubs | Aberlour Child Care Trust | — | — | £585,990 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
116 of 139 contracts carry an end date, 109 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Purchase of two buses | MELLOR BUS LTD | 2 Nov 2026 | £250,312 |
| Process Improvement Consultant | Dapa Delta Ltd | 22 Jan 2027 estimated | £100,000 |
| Plumbing, Drainage, Gas/Oil Fitting/Heating | A and E Controls Ltd, Anderson&Wilson Engineers, Atalian Servest AMK Ltd +21 | 29 Sept 2027 estimated | £2,500,000 |
| Alcohol & Drug Treatment Service | WE ARE WITH YOU (FORMERLY ADDACTION) | 10 Nov 2027 estimated | £1,745,938 |
| School Counselling Service | MYPAS | 31 Mar 2028 | £893,333 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 64 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Berwickshire Taxi Bus DRTPublic road transport services | Cancelled | 26 Jun 2025 | — |
| School Counselling ServiceGuidance and counselling services | Awarded / complete | 13 Jun 2025 | — |
| PIN - Children's Advocacy ServicesHealth and social work services | Planned | 9 Jun 2025 | £330,000 |
| Eyemouth Bay and Harbour Marine Engineering Concept StudyEnvironmental engineering consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 30 May 2025 | — |
| Waste Treatment and Haulage Services for Commercial and Demolition WasteNon-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services | Planned | 8 Apr 2025 | — |
| PIN - Parking Policy ConsultancyRoad transport services | Planned | 7 Apr 2025 | — |
| Non-Core Subsidised Bus RoutesPublic road transport services | Unsuccessful | 10 Feb 2025 | £1,400,000 |
| Winter Maintenance Assistance Service Framework AgreementSnow-clearing services | Awarded / complete | 13 Nov 2024 | £2,400,000 |
| Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places Framework Agreement - Reopening May 2024Child daycare services | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2024 | — |
| PIN - Meet the Buyer South 2024Architectural | Planned | 2 Oct 2024 | — |
| Award - Bus Service 128Public road transport services | Awarded / complete | 4 Sept 2024 | — |
| Award - Bus Service 20 EnhancementsPublic road transport services | Awarded / complete | 12 Jul 2024 | — |
| Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places Framework Agreement - Reopening May 2023Child daycare services | Awarded / complete | 13 Feb 2024 | — |
| Award - Demand Responsive Transport Pilot Yr 2Public road transport services | Awarded / complete | 29 Nov 2023 | — |
| PIN - Residential Placement for Individual with Complex Mental & Physical Health NeedsSocial work services with accommodation | Planned | 23 Nov 2023 | — |
| Repairs & Maintenance FrameworkAlarm systems | Awarded / complete | 13 Nov 2023 | £30,000,000 |
| Provision of Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Bakery Products, Eggs and MilkBakery products | Awarded / complete | 13 Sept 2023 | £1,278,162 |
| PIN - Housing and Support for Adults with Learning Disability and Complex NeedsSocial work services with accommodation | Planned | 23 Aug 2023 | — |
| Hire of Small Plant & Temporary Accommodation Framework AgreementBowsers | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2023 | £3,000,000 |
| Contract ExtensionBakery products | Not published | 14 Jul 2023 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 116 of 139 published contracts have an end date; 109 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.