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Underwater Archaeology

Historic Environment Scotland · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 15:57.

Opportunity overview

The aim of the contract is to provide quality information to HES to enable to carry out our functions in relation to investigating, recording, conserving, protecting and promoting historic assets under water, in sub tidal environments as far as the limit of UK water adjacent to Scotland (12 nautical miles), but also if required, in freshwater locations such as lochs.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£37.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
26 Jul 2026
Award ID
070795-2026-HES/C/4344-1
Status
active
Location
Holbrook, UK, DE56 0TU, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV71351914 — Archaeological services

Lots

  • For full details of the requirement please see Document 2 SpecificationValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
HES/C/4344
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
71351914
Description
Archaeological services

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
For full details of the requirement please see Document 2 Specification
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
80%
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
20%

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351914
Description
Archaeological services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Historic Environment Scotland
Id
GB-FTS-1169

Identifier

Legal Name
Historic Environment Scotland

Address

Street Address
Longmore House, Salisbury Place
Locality
Edinburgh
Region
UKM75
Postal Code
EH9 1SH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Telephone
+44 1316688866

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
NATIONAL_AGENCY
Description
National or federal agency/office
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Built Environment, Tourism, Conservation, Heritage
Organisation 2
Name
MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage
Id
GB-FTS-185266

Identifier

Legal Name
MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage

Address

Street Address
The Dairy, Boothswood Farm, Moorside Lane
Locality
Holbrook
Region
UK
Postal Code
DE56 0TU
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Organisation 3
Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Id
GB-FTS-595

Identifier

Legal Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

Address

Locality
Edinburgh
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
070795-2026-HES/C/4344-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-185266
Name
MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
070795-2026-HES/C/4344-1
Award ID
070795-2026-HES/C/4344-1
Status
active
Date Signed
27 Jul 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
37,663.4
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Edinburgh · UKM75 · EH9 1SH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 025012-2026tender ·
  2. 070795-2026award, contract ·