Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Scottish Canals
Top-five suppliers hold 67% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Scottish Canals buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Scottish Canals contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Scottish Canals SC0154 - Rota System Support
Planday Limited · 2026-03-31
£70K
Scottish Canals SC0170 - Boat Removal & Scrappage
Horizon Co Ltd · 2026-03-31
£50K
Lock Keeping, maintenance and Delivering Volunteering Services
Go Forth & Clyde · 2026-03-27
£200K
SC0176 Provision of Various Plant and Groundcare equipment - Tractor
Ravenhill Ltd · 2026-02-24
£40K
SC0119 Internal Audit Service
BDO LLP · 2026-02-23
£100K
Holiday Boat Hire Modular Office
Iron & Pine Ltd · 2026-02-23
£115K
Strategic Workplace Planning & Target Operating Model
Baker Tilly Mooney Moore · 2026-02-23
£100K
SC0158 Director Recruitment
Aspen People · 2026-01-26
£20K
Digital Workplace Solutions 2
Softcat Plc · 2026-01-15
£43K
Caledonian Canal
Pristine Clean Services Ltd · 2026-01-13
£300K
Scottish Canals - Soft Services (Cleaning)
Pristine Clean Services Ltd · 2026-01-13
£1.3M
SC 0107 - Books & Merchandise
Lomond Books Ltd · 2025-12-15
£500K
SC 0107 - Books & Merchandise
Lomond Books Ltd · 2025-12-15
£500K
Replacement Windows
Norscot Joinery · 2025-11-11
£160K
Scottish Canals SC0145 - Hand Arm Vibration Monitoring Equipment & Support
Sixis Technology · 2025-09-25
£180K
Scottish Canals SC0145 - Hand Arm Vibration Monitoring Equipment & Support
Reactec Ltd · 2025-09-25
£180K
Propulsion System
Revolutionworks · 2025-09-10
£148K
Scottish Canals - Hard Service Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
IDM ENERGY LIMITED · 2025-09-04
£2.0M
Scottish Canals - Hard Service Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
IDM ENERGY LIMITED · 2025-09-04
£2.0M
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NPD Customer Facilities
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HR and Payroll Managed Service Support
HR and Payroll Managed Service Support
HR and Payroll Managed Service Support
Concession Contract for Kelpies Experience
Concession Contract for Holiday Accommodation
HR and Payroll System
HR and Payroll System
£500K
HR and Payroll System
HR and Payroll System
Market analysis
Bidding into Scottish Canals — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
67%
Top-5 supplier share
26d
Avg response window
27d
Median response window
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Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Scottish Canals
How much does Scottish Canals spend on procurement?
Scottish Canals awarded 42 contracts totalling £11.0M between 2023-07-30 and 2026-07-30, working with 28 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £268K.
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, Lomond Books Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 67% of contract value.
What does Scottish Canals buy from suppliers?
Scottish Canals's procurement is concentrated in repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations, cleaning services, printed books, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for Scottish Canals contracts?
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What's the typical response window for Scottish Canals tenders?
Scottish Canals typically gives suppliers a median of 27 days to respond (average 26 days). Standard contract duration is around 0 months.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-07-30
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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