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Highlands and Islands Enterprise tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
10
About one every 37 days
Contracts awarded
6
To 6 different suppliers
Value awarded
£925k
2 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£463k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
0 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Highlands and Islands Enterprise has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. SkillfluenceSME1 contract
    £474k awarded
  2. Allan Ingram Industrial Cleaning Services LtdSME1 contract
    £451k awarded
  3. Civic Engineers limited, trading as CivicSME1 contract
  4. Tkm ConsultingSME1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 11 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Highlands and Islands Enterprise has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 84% of other public bodies
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 76% of other public bodies
Based on 11 procurements
Won by small firms
67%
Higher than 63% of other public bodies
Based on 6 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
8
More than 66% of other public bodies
Based on 6 awards
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 72% of other public bodies
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 65% of other public bodies
Based on 11 procurements
Cancelled
10%
Higher than 82% of other public bodies
Based on 10 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 146 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days7
20–25 days12
25–30 days42
30–35 days56
35–40 days17
40–45 days8
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 155 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids7
2–4 bids37
4–6 bids36
6–8 bids22
8–10 bids22
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids4
18–20 bids2
20+ bids8
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 other public bodies
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Highlands and Islands Enterprise.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Highlands and Islands Enterprise end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Property Strategic Development AdvisorGRAHAM + SIBBALD Property Consultants Ltd—30 Jul 2026
Rural Growth Deal (RGD) Business Skills and Leadership ProgrammeSkillfluence—24 Jul 2026
FTS052 Cleaning Services - Inverness CampusAllan Ingram Industrial Cleaning Services Ltd—28 May 2026
FTS050 Data Protection Services FrameworkTkm Consulting—6 Apr 2026
Audit of HIE Group CompaniesSaffery Champness LLP—30 Mar 2026
Inverness Campus Phase 2 Infrastructure Design TeamCivic Engineers limited, trading as Civic—9 Feb 2026
Property Managing Agent and Marketing Services Argyll and Innse GallF.G. Burnett Limited, Ryden—3 Nov 2025
FTS047 Pathways to Start - Lot 2 MorayMoray College (UHI)—9 Oct 2025
FTS047 Pathways to Start - Lot 1 Argyll and ButeSkillfluence—9 Oct 2025
Manufacturing Innovation Centre Moray (MICM) - Service OperatorEnterprise North East Trust Limited t/a Elevator—3 Oct 2025