Official UK procurement notice
Architectural Consultant Services — UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Dundee (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University Estates and Campus Services Department will have a number of construction projects to advance over the new five years, which will require the selective input of external consultants, including Architectural Services.
The scope, standards, and expectations for the provision of Architectural and associated services are to support the delivery of capital, refurbishment, and maintenance projects within Estates for the University of Dundee.
The appointed Architect shall provide comprehensive professional architectural, design, and contract administration services to ensure projects deliver value for money, comply with statutory and procurement requirements, and support the University’s strategic estates objectives.
CPV: Construction consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The University Estates and Campus Services Department will have a number of construction projects to advance over the new five years, which will require the selective input of...Published value£1,000,000
- Variant bids
- not allowed
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morePublished award criteria (2)
- Quality — 40
- price — 60
- SuitabilityTenderers will only be shortlisted by organisations who can evidence they have sufficient resources - in this instance RIBA qualified Architects, can provide details of ISO quality accreditations, and appropriate insurance coverage.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Dundee buys Construction consultancy services (CPV 7153) — and who usually turns up
University of Dundee’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction consultancy services (CPV 7153) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
University of Dundee
contract notices in 36 months: 3 in division 71 · 41 in all categories (9 direct)
Scotland · Construction consultancy services (CPV 7153)
contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 19 in CPV 7153 (19 contested) · 533 in division 71 (474 contested)
robust · n=5 Awards in University of Dundee (all categories, n=5 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £1,000,000 that is about £1,000,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:29 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT — …
- Authority reference
UoD-EFM019-TC-2026- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776cf
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: 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=842413. 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. (SC Ref:842413) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=842413
How to participate & submission route
Submit via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 30 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedearlier today21 Sept 2026, 16:29 BST
- Submission deadlinein 39 days30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 39 days30 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid untilin 186 days26 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff CourtReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria