Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Ironside Farrar Ltd SME
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction (CPV 90711400)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 079425-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Aug 2026
- Published20 Aug 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
The Scottish Ministers are the consenting authority for applications for the construction and operation of generating stations, and the installation of overhead lines, under sections 36 and 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 ("Electricity Act Applications"). The Energy Consents Unit processes a number of Electricity Act Applications (including some on peatland) which require an Environmental Impact Assessment, including wind farms with installed capacity in excess of 50 megawatts and overhead electric lines. In peatland areas, aside from potential ecological impacts there can be the risk of peat landslide as a result of the proposal, its engineering operations and its associated infrastructure (such as roads, access tracks, anemometer masts, substations and foundations) with the potential for risk to population and public safety where paths, roadways or properties may be impacted, or environmental pollution, especially where there is the potential for peat landslides to impact on nearby w…
About the supplier
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