Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Historic Environment Scotland · Non-Departmental Public Body
- Supplier
- EASE Archaeology SME
- Value
- £97,220
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Archaeological services (CPV 71351914)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 099245-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published21 Oct 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) intends to award this contract under the conditions of regulation 33.4.b(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) regulations. Completion of outstanding previously commissioned archaeological projects and ongoing works at the Property in Care of Links of Noltland [PIC304], Westray, Orkney. The original commissioned project was in response to coastal erosion, the final work required is to bring this project to completion, (final reporting and publication if appropriate and archive submission). The contractor lead on post-excavation and currently store the entire archaeological assemblage.
About the supplier
EASE Archaeology: every public contract they have won.