Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Scottish Canals
Top-five suppliers hold 59% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Scottish Canals buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
45907963717216343544223942434850Recent contracts
Latest Scottish Canals contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
SC0174 - Integrated Design Team Services for Immersive Experience
LDN Architects LLP · 2026-06-01
£198K
Lock Keeping, maintenance and Delivering Volunteering Services
Go Forth & Clyde · 2026-03-27
£200K
Scottish Canals SC0170 - Boat Removal & Scrappage
Horizon Co Ltd · 2026-03-03
£50K
Scottish Canals SC0154 - Rota System Support
Planday Limited · 2026-03-01
£70K
SC0176 Provision of Various Plant and Groundcare equipment - Tractor
Ravenhill Ltd · 2026-02-20
£40K
SC0119 Internal Audit Service
BDO LLP · 2026-02-02
£100K
Holiday Boat Hire Modular Office
Iron & Pine Ltd · 2026-01-21
£115K
Strategic Workplace Planning & Target Operating Model
Baker Tilly Mooney Moore · 2026-01-13
£100K
SC0158 Director Recruitment
Aspen People · 2025-12-17
£20K
SC 0107 - Books & Merchandise
Lomond Books Ltd · 2025-12-05
£500K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Scottish Canals — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
53%
Awards to SMEs
59%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 53% of Scottish Canals’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Scottish Canals
How much does Scottish Canals spend on procurement?
Scottish Canals awarded 52 contracts totalling £7.8M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 39 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £186K.
Who are Scottish Canals's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Scottish Canals by total award value are IDM ENERGY LIMITED, Pristine Clean Services Ltd, Zone Events Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 59% of contract value.
What does Scottish Canals buy from suppliers?
Scottish Canals's procurement is concentrated in construction work, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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