Tarbert Ferry Terminal to Whitehouse Active Travel Path Developed and Technical Design
Argyll and Bute Council · Scotland
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What the buyer wants
Appointment of a qualified design team to develop the Tarbert to Whitehouse Active Travel Path from concept through developed and technical design stages, including Principal Designer duties during construction. The work involves surveys, design, and extensive community and stakeholder engagement to ensure robust, deliverable, and high-quality design drawings with strong local support.
This tender is for the Tarbert to Whitehouse Active Travel Path; linking the Tarbert Ferry Terminal (OS Grid NR871688) to the Kennacraig Ferry Terminal, Skipness Road End (B8001) and Whitehouse (OS Grid NR817613), and will build upon the concept design developed for the route (Connected Transport Planning, 2026).
Argyll & Bute Council wish to appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced design team to develop the Tarbert to Whitehouse Active Travel Path project from the current concept design through Developed (RIBA Stage 3) and Technical (RIBA Stage 4) Design, and to be Principal Designer during construction (RIBA Stage 5).
The project will require the successful tenderer to complete a range of survey, design and in-depth engagement work, including in-depth community, stakeholder and landowner engagement, topographic and utilities surveys and equality and socio-economic impact assessment (EqSEIA) to ensure route(s) identified have strong community, neighbour and landowner support and that the design drawings for the route(s) are robust, deliverable and of a high quality. These will all be subject to engagement with the community, businesses, landowners, neighbouring landowners, Argyll and Bute Council, CALMAC/CMAL, HITRANS and Transport Scotland.
Description as published on Public Contracts Scotland: read the official notice.
Services required
- Design services
- Surveying services
- Community engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Principal Designer services
What you will need to show
- Qualified and experienced design team — Supplier must be appropriately qualified and experienced to develop the project from concept design through developed and technical design stages and act as Principal Designer during construction.
- Community, stakeholder and landowner engagement — Supplier must complete in-depth engagement work with community, stakeholders, and landowners to ensure strong support for the route(s).
- Topographic and utilities surveys — Supplier must carry out topographic and utilities surveys as part of the project development.
- Equality and socio-economic impact assessment (EqSEIA) — Supplier must undertake an equality and socio-economic impact assessment to ensure the route(s) have strong community and landowner support and are deliverable.
- Robust, deliverable and high-quality design drawings — Supplier must produce design drawings for the route(s) that are robust, deliverable, and of high quality.
Lots
- Lot 1 — This tender is for the Tarbert to Whitehouse Active Travel Path; linking the Tarbert Ferry Terminal (OS Grid NR871688) to the Kennacraig Ferry Terminal, Skipness Road End (B8001) and Whitehouse (OS Grid NR817613), and will build upon the concept design developed for the route (Connected Transport Planning, 2026). Argyll & Bute Council wish to appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced design team to develop the Tarbert to Whitehouse Active Travel Path project from the current concept design through Developed (RIBA Stage 3) and Technical (RIBA Stage 4) Design, and to be Principal Designer during construction (RIBA Stage 5). The project will require the successful tenderer to complete a range of survey, design and in-depth engagement work, including in-depth community, stakeholder and landowner engagement, topographic and utilities surveys and equality and socio-economic impact assessment (EqSEIA) to ensure route(s) identified have strong community, neighbour and landowner support and that the design drawings for the route(s) are robust, deliverable and of a high quality. These will all be subject to engagement with the community, businesses, landowners, neighbouring landowners, Argyll and Bute Council, CALMAC/CMAL, HITRANS and Transport Scotland.
Key facts
- Buyer: Argyll and Bute Council
- Deadline was: 9 October 2026
- Location: Scotland
- Published on: Public Contracts Scotland — read the official notice
- First seen by Tenderoo: 14 September 2026
- CPV: 79415200
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