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Published 15 Dec 2025, 16:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

AC Equipment and Cold rooms

Official notice

Authority: University of Dundee (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Jan 2026awarded 13 Feb 2026
Awarded to Lovat's Group Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Annual AC Equipment and Coldroom service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover, as per Full asset list of university plant.

Servicing to be done in accordance with Manufacturers guidelines and University of Dundee scope University of Dundee Scope of annual servicing where applicable.

AC equipment indoor and outdoor to be checked for correct/efficient operation, cleaning and note any defects. The contractor should inform of any equipment that is now obsolete to allow for planned upgrades. Refrigerant levels should be checked and reported on to allow for continuous maintenance of the F gas registers. Spares to be kept on site for crucial equipment e.g data centres.

CPV: Air-conditioning appliances · Air-conditioning installation work · Air-conditioning installations · Fans and air-conditioning appliances · Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery · Partial air-conditioning installation work · Parts of air-conditioning machines · Repair and maintenance services · Ventilation and air-conditioning installation work · Wall air-conditioning machines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Service and maintenance Contract, as per manufacturers guidelines, the recommendation…Awarded

Service and maintenance Contract, as per manufacturers guidelines, the recommendation of annual servicing is to be carried out. Annual AC Equipment and Cold room service and maintenance including a reactive call out cover.

Delivery: Scotland · Dundee
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    FGas certification register of employees held by the the supplier, install, repair, maintain & decommission all University assets, Company needs to be registered.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Dec 2025, 16:44 GMT
Last source update
16 Feb 2026, 09:10 GMT
Award evaluation window
23 Jan 2026 – …
Authority reference
UoD-EFM148-TC-2025
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-013686
Classification (CPV)
Air-conditioning appliancesAir-conditioning installation workAir-conditioning installationsFans and air-conditioning appliancesHeat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machineryPartial air-conditioning installation workParts of air-conditioning machinesRepair and maintenance servicesVentilation and air-conditioning installation workWall air-conditioning machines
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f617 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:823700)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Jan 2026, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Jan 2026 → 30 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline272 days ago
    23 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened272 days ago
    23 Jan 2026, 12:30 GMT
  3. Notice published248 days ago
    16 Feb 2026, 09:10 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until114 days ago
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Feb 2026, 09:07 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 77 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 13 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lovat's Group LtdSME£200,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Lovat's Group LtdSME£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 013684-2026-UoD-EFM148-TC-2025-1 · Lovat's Group LtdSME

    Signed
    13 Feb 2026
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 013686-2026-UoD-EFM148-TC-2025-1 · Lovat's Group LtdSME

    Signed
    13 Feb 2026
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Dundee

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Procurement, 3rd Floor, Tower Building, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4HNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dundee Sheriff CourtReview bodyReview contact point DundeeContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Lovat's Group LtdAwarded supplier Muirhead, Mitchelston Ind Est, Kirkcaldy, UK, KY1 3PBContact phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria