Official UK procurement notice
Buildings Maintenance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Forestry and Land Scotland (Central government)
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionForestry and Land Scotland (The Employer) looks after the national forests and land to enhance biodiversity, support tourism, and increase access to the green spaces that will help improve Scotland’s physical and mental health and well-being. The Employer also continues to provide vital timber supplies to support a sustainable rural economy. Further information on who the Employer is and what it does can be found here: forestryandland.gov.scot ↗.
The Employer manages a large number of buildings (including offices, stores, workshops, deer larders and visitor provisions) across Scotland and requires contractors to provide buildings maintenance and improvement works across the estate.
The Employer had a requirement to establish a Framework Agreement with external Providers to maintain its buildings to a safe and legally compliant condition as well as providing upgrades and improvements. The Framework Agreements provide a compliant route to market for the Employer to procure the works from a list of pre-approved contractors.
- Recurrence: Summer 2029.
CPV: Builders' joinery · Building installation work · Building services · Construction work · Decoration work · Electrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment · Electrical services · Horticultural services · Joinery and carpentry installation work · Joinery work · Painting work · Plumbing and sanitary works · +7 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 24 suppliers · 7 bids on the busiest of 8 lots (0.3 per place) · 11 appointed
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 4 and win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Buildings Maintenance - North HighlandCancelledRenewalPublished value£300,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 1 (North Highland).
Lot #2Buildings Maintenance - South HighlandCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,450,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 2 (South Highland).
Lot #3Buildings Maintenance - North EastCancelledRenewalceiling above
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 3 (North East).
Lot #4Buildings Maintenance - EastCancelledRenewalceiling above
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 4 (East).
Lot #5Buildings Maintenance - WestCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,413,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 5 (West).
Lot #6Buildings Maintenance - CentralCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,170,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 6 (Central).
Lot #7Buildings Maintenance - South WestCancelledRenewalPublished value£1,650,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 7 (South West).
Lot #8Buildings Maintenance - South EastCancelledRenewalPublished value£550,000
Requirements contained within the Framework Agreement, for Lot 8 (South East).
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
- 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.
- “Buildings Maintenance” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 24 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
- Works
- 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 · Summer 2029.
- First published
- 10 Jun 2025, 13:45 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2026, 16:38 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
FLS-605- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016234- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054612Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are detailed in Schedule 1 - Specification, which is one of the document attachments within PCS-Tender.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: Limitation within the system do not allow for multiple independent framework agreement contractors (independent economic operators) to be added to this notice without selecting 'Yes' to 'The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators' within each instance of section 'V.2.2) Information about tenders' within this notice. Each contractor that has been awarded onto each lot of the framework agreement as stated in each instance of section 'V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor' within this notice are each an independent economic operator and have each been contracted with separately. (SC Ref:821595)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
Timeline
16 Jun 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected16 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened21 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published241 days ago23 Feb 2026, 16:38 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2025- Status changed to active16 Jun 2025, 16:12 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Jun 2025, 16:12 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST16 Jun 2025, 16:12 BST
- Deadline moved to 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST4 Jul 2025, 10:51 BST+14 days · was 21 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete23 Feb 2026, 16:38 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 21 Jul 2025 | 4 Aug 2025 | +14 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 21 Jul 2025 | 4 Aug 2025 | +14 d |
Forestry and Land Scotland recognises that this tender is live across a holiday period for many bidders and extends the deadline for tender return.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 10 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Buildings Maintenance - North Highland
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - South Highland
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £1,450,000
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - North East
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - East
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - West
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £1,413,000
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - Central
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £1,170,000
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - South West
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £1,650,000
- Status
- active
Buildings Maintenance - South East
- Signed
- 23 Jan 2026
- Value
- £550,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Buildings Maintenance - North Highland | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · Buildings Maintenance - South Highland | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · Buildings Maintenance - North East | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 4 · Buildings Maintenance - East | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 5 · Buildings Maintenance - West | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 6 · Buildings Maintenance - Central | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 7 · Buildings Maintenance - South West | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 8 · Buildings Maintenance - South East | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- The Inverness Justice CentreReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
11 commercial parties on the notice- Alltec Construction LtdFramework contractor
- CBES LTDFramework contractor
- Compass Building and Construction Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Fyrish construction services ltdFramework contractor
- H & J Martin LtdFramework contractor
- IDM ENERGY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- John G Baird LimitedFramework contractor
- Lovat's Group LtdFramework contractor
- Robert P. Slight & Sons LimitedFramework contractor
- Stuart Livingstone Joinery LtdFramework contractor
- William Waugh & Sons (Builders) LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria