Scottish Canals: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Scottish Canals has published 24 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 4 August 2026.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often construction work.

Across 12 awarded contracts the median value is £628k.

Its published awards total £11.5m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Scottish Canals's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.5 tenders a month, measured over 52 months of history.
Half of their 12 awarded contracts are worth £628k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation.
Their most frequent suppliers are Zone Events Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Scottish Canals - Pontoon Framework	Inland & Coastal Marina Systems Ltd.	25 November 2022	£2m
Scottish Canals-Pontoon & Decking Framework	BM Steel	7 July 2022	£2m
Scottish Canals-Architect and Design Framework	Hawkins Brown	20 July 2021	£2m
HR and Payroll Managed Service Support	Moorepay	-	£203.1k
Scottish Canals - Replacement of Boat Engines	Revolutionworks	-	£136.8k
Concession Contract for Kelpies Experience	Zone Events Limited	-	£650k