Official UK procurement notice
Collection, Storage and Redelivery of Household Belongings 2025
Authority: The Highland Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Highland Council, Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council are inviting tenders for The Collection, Storage and Redelivery of Household Belongings, for a 3-year period, with an option to extend by a further period of up to 12 months.
Each Council require a Contractor to provide a removal, transfer and storage of belongings service to be determined and notified by each Council, in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations and all associated standards. The Contractor shall also provide short and long-term storage solutions, often for an unspecified amount of time.
CPV: Container storage system · Storage and retrieval services · Storage and warehousing services · Storage bins · Storage services · Storage units
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1The Highland CouncilRenewal
Lot #2Aberdeenshire CouncilRenewal
Aberdeenshire Council, The Highland Council, and Aberdeen City Council are inviting tenders for The Collection, Storage and Redelivery of Household Belongings, for a 3-year period, with an option to extend by a further period of up to 12 months.
Each Council require a Contractor to provide a removal, transfer and storage of belongings service to be determined and notified by each Council, in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations and all associated standards. The Contractor shall also provide short and long-term storage solutions, often for an unspecified amount of time.
Tenderers shall be free to tender for 1 Council, 2 Councils or all 3 Councils. Any follow-on Contract will be individual to each Council.
The Framework Agreement is anticipated to commence on 01/02/2026 for Aberdeenshire and The Highland Council. Aberdeen City Council’s Framework Agreement will commence on the 1st April 2026.
Lot #3Aberdeen City CouncilRenewal
Aberdeen City Council, The Highland Council and Aberdeenshire Council and are inviting tenders for The Collection, Storage and Redelivery of Household Belongings, for a 3-year period, with an option to extend by a further period of up to 12 months.
Each Council require a Contractor to provide a removal, transfer and storage of belongings service to be determined and notified by each Council, in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations and all associated standards. The Contractor shall also provide short and long-term storage solutions, often for an unspecified amount of time.
Tenderers shall be free to tender for 1 Council, 2 Councils or all 3 Councils. Any follow-on Contract will be individual to each Council.
The Framework Agreement is anticipated to commence on 01/02/2026 for Aberdeenshire and The Highland Council. Aberdeen City Council’s Framework Agreement will commence on the 1st April 2026.
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: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance:
Tenderers must hold a minimum:
-5,000,000 GBP Employers Liability Insurance (where applicable)
-5,000,000 GBP Public Liability Insurance.
The Council will use an independent credit scoring organisation, such as Equifax, to conduct appropriate financial probity checks. Tenderers must score a risk rating of low risk in order to be considered for Contract award.
If the Credit Report contains a risk rating between moderate risk and very high risk, Tenderers will be given an opportunity to provide additional information which will be taken into account during the Council’s assessment.
Where additional supporting information does not satisfy the Council that that the risk is mitigated Tenderers shall be allocated a mark of fail and subsequently disqualified.
Minimum: 5,000,000 GBP Employers Liability Insurance (where applicable) 5,000,000 GBP Public Liability Insurance - Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must submit 2 examples of providing equivalent or similar services within the last 3 years.
Driver and Vehicle:
All drivers must hold an appropriate valid driver’s license
All vehicles must be insured and taxed as legally required
Minimum: 2 examples of providing equivalent or similar services within the last 3 years.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Collection, Storage and Redelivery of Household Belongings 2025” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 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
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Nov 2025, 16:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2025, 16:48 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Dec 2025 – …
- Authority reference
The Highland Council - HC/PLACE/H&C/CSRHB - Aberdeenshire – CRN00041617 Aberdeen City – CRN00041853- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071793- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dc37Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Ordering may also be made by telephone The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30504. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Environmental Wellbeing and measures Fair Work Practices Including” Real” Living Wage (including gender pay gap reporting) Communities, Community groups and Community support projects Developing the Workforce Full details of how these Community Benefit requirements can be met are contained within the documents (SC Ref:815074)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Nov 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published354 days ago6 Nov 2025, 16:48 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends322 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened322 days ago8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Aberdeen City CouncilContracting authority
- Aberdeenshire CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Local Sheriff Court in each local authority areaReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.