Official UK procurement notice
Architectural Services Framework Agreement
Authority: South Ayrshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionArchitectural Services Framework Agreement
- Recurrence: May 2028
CPV: Architectural and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 23 bids received (5.8 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1South Ayrshire Council has a requirement to set up a multi supplier Framework…AwardedRenewal
South Ayrshire Council has a requirement to set up a multi supplier Framework Agreement with suitably competent and experienced consultants to supplement their in-house provision and provide Architectural Services on various projects under the control of the Council’s Professional Design Services Department. The Council’s outsourced workload will be varied and intermittent.
Architects successfully appointed to the framework will be required to act as Principal Designer in line with the current Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 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 award criteria (2)
- QUALITY: 40
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Tenderers must be an ARB Registered Architect and be a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Evidence for this requirement will be requested at the “Request For Documentation” Stage.
- Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must be an ARB Registered Architect and be a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Architectural Services Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 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
- 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
- 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
- Yes · May 2028
- First published
- 19 Aug 2024, 11:24 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 10:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Sept 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CE-96-24- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037315- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0491afFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to Procurement documents
Publisher note: (SC Ref:803427)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
24 Sept 2024 → 4 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened24 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published4 Jul 2025, 10:01 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete4 Jul 2025, 10:01 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 037315-2025-CE-96-24-1
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- £750,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23bids · 23 electronic · 23 from abroad | 21 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ayr Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- AHR Architects LtdFramework contractor
- Building Design Partnership LimitedFramework contractor
- Lawrence McPherson AssociatesFramework contractor
- Robert Potter and PartnersFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria