Tender: Cantick Head Lighthouse Road Resurfacing and Access Improvements – South Walls, Orkney

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The Northern Lighthouse Board is seeking a contractor to regulate and resurface the privately owned single-track access road to Cantick Head Lighthouse on South Walls, Orkney, and to resurface the lighthouse dwelling driveway. The road, beyond the end of the B9047, is unsurfaced and has deteriorated to a condition deemed unsuitable for safe vehicle passage and recently reported as impassable for Scottish Ambulance Service vehicles. The scope covers mobilisation and temporary site facilities, regulation of the existing surface using imported material where required, laying a new 50mm AC14 bituminous surface layer across the access road (with surfacing width not exceeding 3m), final site clearance and reinstatement. This one-off civil works project is intended to secure long-term vehicular access, address health and safety concerns, and meet legal maintenance obligations. Contractors must submit a works programme at tender stage; the scheduled programme is anticipated to start on 1 December 2025 with an expected duration of three weeks, completing by 19 December 2025, with a more detailed programme to be agreed with the NLB.