Scaffolding Hire and Inspections
- Buyer
- Falkirk Council
- Value
- £4,220,000
- Closes
- 30 October 2026
- Where
- Larbert, Scotland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Falkirk Council is looking for contractors to hire out scaffolding (supply, erect, maintain, dismantle) for their housing properties, and separately to carry out safety inspections and tie/anchor tests on that scaffolding. This is a 4-year framework agreement with two separate work streams.
What the buyer wants
• Supply, deliver, erect and hand over scaffolding to housing sites, plus dismantle and remove it when finished, including providing scaffold drawings • Undertake tie and anchor testing on installed scaffolding, provide test reports and certificates • Carry out regular scaffold inspections and provide written inspection reports
Lots
- Lot 1 Scaffold Hire
- Lot 2 Scaffold Inspection and Tie Testing
Requirements
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): You will almost certainly be disqualified if you do not hold CISRS or equivalent scaffolding competence certification and cannot demonstrate 3+ years' experience on housing or similar projects; this is a large-value framework and councils expect proven track record with major scaffold hire operations.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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