Official UK procurement notice
A9 Dualling Delivery Framework Agreement
Authority: Transport Scotland
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTransport Scotland has identified a need to establish a Framework Agreement to deliver the design and construction of the following five sections of the A9 Dualling Programme between Perth and Inverness.
- Pass of Birnam to Tay Crossing (8.4km) - Lot 1
- Killiecrankie to Glen Garry (22km) - Lot 2
- Glen Garry to Crubenmore (20.5km) - Lot 1
- Crubenmore to Kincraig (16.5km) - Lot 1, and
- Dalraddy to Slochd (25km) - Lot 2
The procurement comprises the establishment of a multi-supplier Framework Agreement with a number of suitable contractors to deliver the design and construction of the contracts noted above.
The Scope for each contract under the framework will vary however the work for each contract generally involves upgrading of the relevant section of carriageway to Dual 2 lane All-purpose roads Sub-category c (D2APc) standard, in accordance with ‘CD 109 Highway Link Design’ within the UK Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and constructing relevant bridges, junctions, culverts and other road assets. The Framework Agreement is divided into 2 Lots, by estimated value of the individual call off contracts.
Further information on the contracts can be found in the Supplementary Information Document (published with the PIN).
Economic Operators may tender for one or both lots. There is no limitation on the number of lots that may be awarded to any one tenderer.
An SPD and associated Supplementary Information Document for those wishing to tender to be on one or both Lots of the Framework is published with this Contract Notice
CPV: Access road construction work · Construction work · Construction work for bridges · Construction work for highways, roads · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Culverts · Cycle path construction work · Demolition, site preparation and clearance work · Dual carriageway construction work · Environmental improvement works · Erection of road-barriers · Excavating and earthmoving work · +14 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 9 suppliers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1A9 Dualling: Delivery Framework Agreement: Lot 1 works less than 400,000,000 GBPPublished value£946,000,000
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint suitably experienced Framework Contractors to carry out the design & construction of sections of the A9 Dualling Programme to achieve the 2026 Delivery Plan.
The Framework Contractors will be procured through a Restricted procedure, in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Transport Scotland will manage the proposed procurement process for the A9 Dualling Delivery Framework Agreement on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of a Framework Agreement being concluded, the Framework Agreement will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderers.
This is a two stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. Detailed information regarding the award process and award criteria for the tender phase will be supplied to Economic Operators who are invited to tender.
The intended Conditions of Contract will be the NEC4 Framework Contract, with the call off contracts using either the NEC4 Option A or NEC4 Option C contracts with Early Contractor Involvement, both with amendments which will be confirmed to Framework Contractors during the call for competition under the Framework Agreement.
To be considered for the prequalification stage, Economic Operators are required to complete and submit a Single Procurement Document (SPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice and the Supplementary Information Document which can be accessed via the Additional Documents located within the Additional Notice Options, this can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗). Economic Operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of the information they have provided within the SPD Additional information: Economic operators who initially meet but then subsequently fails to meet the objective criteria, prior to contract award, shall be excluded. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #2A9 Dualling: Delivery Framework Agreement: Lot 2 works greater than 400,000,000 GBPPublished value£983,000,000
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint suitably experienced Framework Contractors to carry out the design & construction of sections of the A9 Dualling Programme to achieve the 2026 Delivery Plan.
The Framework Contractors will be procured through a Restricted procedure, in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Transport Scotland will manage the proposed procurement process for the A9 Dualling Delivery Framework Agreement on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of a Framework Agreement being concluded, the Framework Agreement will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderers.
This is a two stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. Detailed information regarding the award process and award criteria for the tender phase will be supplied to Economic Operators who are invited to tender.
The intended Conditions of Contract will be the NEC4 Framework Contract, with the call off contracts using either the NEC4 Option A or NEC4 Option C contracts with Early Contractor Involvement, both with amendments which will be confirmed to Framework Contractors during the call for competition under the Framework Agreement.
To be considered for the prequalification stage, Economic Operators are required to complete and submit a Single Procurement Document (SPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice and the Supplementary Information Document which can be accessed via the Additional Documents located within the Additional Notice Options, this can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗). Economic Operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of the information they have provided within the SPD Additional information: Economic operators who initially meet but then subsequently fails to meet the objective criteria, prior to contract award, shall be excluded. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criteria including approach to procurement, delivery & management, technical aspects, commercial, risk & sustainability aspects of the project. Further detail will be issued to shortlisted bidders: 70%
- Final tenders will be assessed against evaluation criteria to determine the most economically advantageous submission. Further information will be issued to shortlisted bidders: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criteria including approach to procurement, delivery & management, technical aspects, commercial, risk & sustainability aspects of the project. Further detail will be issued to shortlisted bidders: 70
- Final tenders will be assessed against evaluation criteria to determine the most economically advantageous submission. Further information will be issued to shortlisted bidders: 30
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module and Supplementary Information Document which can be found in the Additional Documents, within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗)
Economic operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member state of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015) (i.e., registered under Companies House). Economic operators should provide details under SPD Question Ref. 4A.1.
Accreditation
Economic operators or their appropriate subcontractors must be accredited under National Highway Sector Scheme (NHSS). The relevant NHSS accreditations are included within the section VI.3 of the Supplementary Information Document.
Economic operators who are not accredited shall not progress beyond the assessment selection stage.
Economic operators must provide confirmation of the required accreditations under SPD Question Ref. 4D.1, in accordance with the requirements of this Contract Notice.
Staff
The successful tenderer shall be required to comply with the CDM Regulations (2015) and to comply with all other relevant health and safety law. Additionally, all site staff are to be accredited under the Construction Skills Construction Safety Scheme (CSCS) or equivalent.
Standards and Specification
Subject to the other provisions of the Contract, the standards and specificat…
- Economic & financial standing
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, economic operators shall:
a) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B1a, provide the specified annual turnover for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years;
b) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B.6, provide the name, range and score of nine financial criteria for each year for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years; and
c) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B.5, confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract, the required levels of insurance.
In addition to the information requested under (a) to (c), economic operators must provide a link / copies of the associated annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company). For the avoidance of doubt, if an economic operator fails to provide accounts relating to its last two full years of trading that are due to have been filed, that economic operator will be excluded from this procurement competition.
Where economic operators have not yet been trading for a full two year period, such that filed accounts are not yet due and available, and limited only to that circumstance, the required information to support (a) to (c) above may take the form of appropriate third party / statements setting out turnover, pr…
Minimum: Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: Evaluation Criteria Ratios (SPD Question Ref. 4B.6) The following nine evaluation criteria shall be scored, for each year of the last two years of trad… - Technical & professional ability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module and Supplementary Information Document which can be found in the Additional Documents, within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗)
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “A9 Dualling Delivery Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 9 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Jan 2026, 15:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2026, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
TS/IP/WKS/2026/01- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057993- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0605ecFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
It is the Client’s policy to measure the performance of the Contractor on a regular basis.
In the event that the Contractor’s performance falls below a satisfactory level, the Contractor will be invited to determine a means of rectifying the situation. Repeated or continual performance failures may result in suspension or termination of the contract.
Publisher note: To be considered for this procurement competition, Economic Operators should complete an SPD through the Public Contract Scotland portal and submit the completed SPD in accordance with the timescales specified in this notice. Please note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract. If successful, it is expected that the Economic Operators will commit to holding a valid Cyber Essentials certificate, if not already held. Economic operators will be asked to confirm that they will pay staff based in the UK that are involved in the delivery of this Contract at least the real Living Wage. Please refer to the Supplementary Information Document for full additional information. Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=766943 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=822326. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Contractors awarded call-off contracts will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic, social and environmental objectives. This Framework Agreement aims to facilitate the involvement of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), third sector bodies and supported businesses, as well as offering employment and training opportunities, and promoting innovation in line with our sustainable procurement duty under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The projects will encourage good quality and fair work and a Contractor’s approach to fair work practices will be assessed as part of this procurement and monitored under the contract. (SC Ref:822326) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=822326
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Mar 2026 → 10 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected213 days ago23 Mar 2026
- Notice published125 days ago19 Jun 2026, 12:03 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends101 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown13 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected74 days ago10 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Status changed to active4 Jun 2026, 09:00 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Jun 2026, 09:00 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST4 Jun 2026, 09:00 BST
- Deadline moved to 13 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST19 Jun 2026, 12:03 BST+7 days · was 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 6 Jul 2026 | 13 Jul 2026 | +7 d |
An extension is given to 13 July. No further extensions will be given to this phase of the procurement to maintain the procurement programme.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Clerk's OfficeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.