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Supply of Road Salt 2025-2029

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 05:41.

Opportunity overview

Supply of Road Salt for Gritting of Roads, Car Parks and footpaths around the Dounreay site

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.

The Highland Council

Match pending…
Published award value
£400k
Awarded
30 Sept 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PBHM-4429-QDGL
Location
Inverness, UKM62, IV3 5NX, United Kingdom

The Highland Council

Match pending…
Contract value
£400k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
22 Oct 2025
Including VAT
£480k
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PBHM-4429-QDGL
Location
Inverness, UKM62, IV3 5NX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
C21856
Status
complete
Published risks
The salt is delivered from the salt mines in the Midlands. A major risk is posed if this is unavailable due to high demand. Therefore, it is essential that NRS Limited (Dounreay) keep a supply of salt in the hangar on site should a shipment not come in from the Highland Council.
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The grounds for direct award are the cost effectiveness of transport arrangements and the bulk salt rates offered to the Dounreay site from the Highland Council (HC). HC arranges a cargo boat delivery from the Midlands to Scrabster or Wick Harbour. NRS Dounreay is then able to arrange collection from either Harbour or HC Depot using our own transport. HC has been used previously to supply road salt to the Dounreay site. There is no reasonable alternative supplier within the Highlands with the capacity to supply the quantities of salt the Dounreay site requires annually. NTS Dounreay has few other options for salt delivery suppliers within a 250-mile radius of the site, however utilising such suppliers would incur huge delivery costs via road. The salt would also be delivered in 1-ton bulk bags, leading to additional waste and costs associated with the disposal approximately 800 1-ton bags a year. HC use these huge salt supply cargo vessels to supply huge quantities of bulk road salt to various ports within Scotland to reduce excessive delivery capacity on our roads and infrastructures as much as reasonably practicable.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PXPQ-2228-DGTY
Name
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD61
Country
GB
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA3 6GR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PXPQ-2228-DGTY
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Fraser Bruce
Telephone
01847 803178
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PBHM-4429-QDGL
Name
The Highland Council

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKM62
Country
GB
Locality
Inverness
Postal Code
IV3 5NX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Glenurquhart Road

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PBHM-4429-QDGL
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Telephone
01463 644213

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
1 Oct 2025, 00:00
Title
Supply of Road Salt 2025-2029
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
34927100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road salt

Value

Amount
400,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
480,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039024-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
10 Jul 2025, 15:15
Entry 2
Id
061774-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
2 Oct 2025, 14:34

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBHM-4429-QDGL
Name
The Highland Council

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
15 Oct 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
15 Oct 2029, 23:59
Starts
16 Oct 2025, 00:00

Subcontracting

Subcontracts

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
None

Main Contractors

Entry 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBHM-4429-QDGL
Name
The Highland Council

Standstill Period

Ends
13 Oct 2025, 23:59
Award 2
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
34927100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road salt

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PBHM-4429-QDGL
Name
The Highland Council

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Title
Supply of Road Salt - 2025 to 2029
Status
active
Award ID
2
Date Signed
23 Oct 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Amount
400,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
480,000

Period

Ends
23 Oct 2029, 23:59
Starts
24 Oct 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
072419-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
10 Nov 2025, 13:42

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Warrington · UKD61 · WA3 6GR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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