Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements
What the buyer wrote
Description of Works Cantick Head Lighthouse is accessed via a privately owned, single-track, unsurfaced road located beyond the end of the B9047 public road on South Walls, Orkney. The road provides the only vehicular route to the lighthouse and adjacent residential properties. The site is operational, with mains power and road access. The road has deteriorated significantly over time due to weathering and lack of maintenance. It has now reached a condition that has been deemed unsuitable for safe vehicle passage. Notably, the Scottish Ambulance Service has recently advised that the road is currently impassable for their vehicles, posing a significant risk to nearby residents. This project …
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Invitation to Tender for Cantick Head Road Access Improvements
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- works
- Work starts
- 1 Dec 2025
- Work ends
- 22 Dec 2025
- Where
- in Scotland
Who the buyer named
Angela Cahill was the named contact on this notice. Questions closed on 20 Oct 2025, 16:00 BST.