Official UK procurement notice
Asset Safety and Compliance (ASC2) - PME
Authority: LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is developing its next-generation Asset Safety and Compliance Framework (ASC2), building upon the existing ASC1 framework.
The potential scope of ASC2 is currently expected to include services relating to Asbestos consultancy, surveying and removal services, Property protection and security services, Water hygiene, testing and treatment services, Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) compliance services, Electrical testing, inspection and remedial works, Building safety and associated compliance services and other statutory compliance disciplines identified through market engagement
The above scope is indicative at this stage and may be amended or expanded following Preliminary Market Engagement and further development of the procurement strategy.
Please refer to the attached ASC2 Preliminary Market Engagement document for further information on the proposed framework and details of how to register for the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event.
Interested organisations are also encouraged to view the ASC2 opportunity on the LHC In-tend portal and express their interest in the opportunity to receive relevant updates and information: supplier.in-tend.co.uk/lhc/tenders/details/… ↗
CPV: Alarm-monitoring services · Asbestos removal services · Asbestos-removal work · Building consultancy services · Cooling and ventilation equipment · Electrical wiring work · Guard services · HVAC packages · Health and safety consultancy services · Patrol services · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations · +8 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is developing its next-generation Asset Safety…Planned
The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is developing its next-generation Asset Safety and Compliance Framework (ASC2), which is intended to build upon the existing ASC1 framework and provide a comprehensive asset safety and compliance solution for public sector organisations.
The proposed scope of ASC2 is expected to include asbestos consultancy, surveying and removal services; property protection and security services; water hygiene, testing and treatment services; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) compliance services; electrical testing, inspection and remedial works; building safety and associated compliance services; and other statutory compliance disciplines identified through Preliminary Market Engagement.
SPA is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement with the market to help inform the future scope, structure and delivery model of ASC2. Areas being explored include asset safety and statutory compliance requirements, building safety and compliance requirements, emerging legislation and regulatory changes, procurement and commercial approaches, potential lot and workstream structures, regional and national delivery models, digital compliance management, data and reporting solutions, and social value and sustainability priorities.
The scope described within this notice is indicative at this stage and may be amended or expanded following Preliminary Market Engagement and further development of the procurement strategy. Additional information: Please refer to the attached ASC2 Preliminary Market Engagement document for further information on the proposed framework and details of how to register for the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) buys Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163), and who usually turns up
LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Technical inspection and testing services (CPV 7163) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 77% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 45% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 47 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, 6% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–313%
4–650%
7+38%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate57%
Within ±2%0%
Above estimate43%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is developing its next-generation Asset Safety…CPV 7163Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 16 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–313%
4–650%
7+38%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:43 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2026, 14:43 BST
- Authority reference
LHC - 0169- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100588- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078f3fFind a Tender
Publisher note: Please refer to the attached ASC2 Preliminary Market Engagement document for further information on the proposed framework and details of how to register for the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event. Interested organisations are also encouraged to view the ASC2 opportunity on the LHC In-tend portal and express their interest in the opportunity to receive relevant updates and information: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/lhc/tenders/details/063e2d74-78cc-437f-9d27-4ae6b2fe0934 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=846528. (SC Ref:846528)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/lhc/tenders/details/063e2d74-78cc-437f-9d27-4ae6b2fe0934 ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
23 Oct 2026 → 31 Mar 2027 · 2 dates- Notice published1 day ago23 Oct 2026, 14:43 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 157 days31 Mar 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.