NLB Oban Buoy Store Mess Facility
- Buyer
- Northern Lighthouse Board
- Value
- £200,000
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Northern Lighthouse Board wants a contractor to convert an upper mezzanine attic above a small tools workshop at its Oban base into a staff tearoom, with an estimated value of £200,000. The work includes structural strengthening, new partitions and doors, an external staircase, electrical and fire detection systems, extract ventilation, water and waste plumbing, kitchen units, and decorating. The depot must stay operational throughout, and works run from 4 January to 31 March 2027.
What the buyer wants
• Carry out the full fit-out, from structural strengthening and steelwork through to the new external stairway, partitions, electrics, plumbing, ventilation, kitchen fittings and decoration, all to Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and later amendments. • Attend the mandatory site visit on 17 November 2026 and confirm attendance through the Delta message centre. • Submit a tender through the Delta eSourcing portal by following the submission requirements in the tender document package, and deliver the works while keeping the live depot operating.
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice does not explicitly exclude small firms, but the single mandatory site visit, a multi-trade scope covering structural steelwork, electrics, plumbing and kitchen fit-out, and the requirement to work around a live operational base within a fixed January to March window are likely to rule out small businesses without the capacity to manage several trades at once.
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How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
Where to apply
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Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at procurement@nlb.org.uk.
How to write a tender response
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