Quick answer — Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT)Last refreshed 08 Jun 2026

At a glance

Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT) has awarded £600k across 4 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 60% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 75% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration60%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share75%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 10 published notices and 4 awards on PublicSupply.

10
Notices published
4
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£120k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services10 · £633k

Instrument type

contract10 · £633k
Source:Find a Tender: 10

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Steep Ground Rhododendron ponticum control on steep ground sites requiring roped accessHighland Access ltd77200000£200kest.active
Provision of Rhododendron ponticum control at Tayvallich, North KnapdaleArgyll Invasive species Management77300000£360kest.active
Provision of Feasibility Report investigating potential reinforcement of the Chough population on Islay and Colonsay.Zoological Society of London90713000£40kest.active
Control of Rhododendron ponticum at Uragaig Common Grazing, Isle of Colonsay£33kest.active
Rhododendron Removal, Coille Farm, Rinns of Islay SSSI, Isle of IslayMalcolm Graham Tree Surgery & Garden Maintenanceactive

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AI
£360kest.
60% of total
2
HA
1 contract · SME
£200kest.
33% of total
3
ZS
£40kest.
7% of total
4
MG
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Agriculture, forestry services
2 contracts
£560k
88%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£40k
6%
Other
2 contracts
£33k
5%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Agriculture, forestry services
Sewage, waste, environment
Other
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (ACT) has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

75%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Philippa McKee
Email
philippa@act-now.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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