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# Conservation Services Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conservation-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-042b3f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Historic Environment Scotland: "Conservation Services Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Historic Environment Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/historic-environment-scotland-GB-FTS-1169)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £186,560 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042b3f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conservation-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-042b3f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/conservation-services-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-042b3f#participate

## Description
HES requires the Service Provider to provide object conservation services to the contract standard.  Services will include the provision of advice and guidance (oral and written), condition assessment reports with proposals for any recommended interventive conservation. Client consent to the latter should never be assumed and must always be sought before work commences. All proposals/project outlines must include clear method statements as well as costs and timescales. The specific nature and extent of work requested will be assessed by the Service Provider and set out in writing in an assessment report.  This report will outline the proposed project detailing the work, proposed conservation methodology and giving an estimate of time for completion (in chargeable hours) and a completion date. Work under this contract will take place on the Service Provider’s own premises; on premises and at sites under the full management control of HES and, with appropriate agreements, at third party locations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 92500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** HES requires the Service Provider to provide object conservation services to the contract standard.  Services will include the provision of advice and guidance (oral and written), condition assessment reports with proposals for any recommended interv...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 007150-2024-HES/C/4213-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AOC Archaeology Group**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-38521`
  - Value: £186,560 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 007150-2024-HES/C/4213-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £186,560
  - Signed Date: 04/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007150-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-06T10:30:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:11:15.013Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042b3f