Official UK procurement notice
Drain Cleaning and Maintenance
Authority: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStrathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) wishes to appoint a qualified and experienced service provider to carry out the planned preventative maintenance for cleaning of gullies, drains, and interceptors and servicing of interceptor alarms, and reactive call outs across SPT’s estate.
CPV: Drain · Drain pipes · Drainage pipes · Drainage system · Drainage works · Groundwater pollution drainage services · Plumbing and drain-laying work · Surface water pollution drainage services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 30
- Price: 70
- Suitability
It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to SPT's satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.
If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must either confirm at Question 4B.4 that they have a Dun and Bradstreet failure score of 51 or above (and provide the score), or if they cannot evidence this or do not have a D&B score they must provide instead the value of the 3 financial ratios below.
The name of the 3 ratios to be evaluated are Profitability, Gearing and Liquidity. The acceptable values and method of calculation are detailed in the Evaluation of Tenders document provided and below
Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met the bidder must confirm below which other mitigating factors may apply which SPT may consider. Again these are detailed in the Evaluation of Tenders document
Minimum: In the absence of a Dun and Bradstreet Score, the name and required values of the Financial Ratios are as follows 1 Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio; 2 Liqui… - Technical & professional ability
The bidder will provide examples of similar services undertaken and ideally within a similar environment during the last 3 years. These services should be of a similar scale to this contract.
Minimum: SPT require evidence of 3 previous examples of work undertaking of a similar nature to that described in this notice during the last three years.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Jun 2026, 11:23 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2026, 11:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jul 2026 – …
- Authority reference
26-061- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059312- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The bidder will detail how they intend where possible to decarbonise the services that they will deliver in accordance with the scope. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31938. 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: SPT is committed to the promotion of community benefits (CB) and awarded contractors will be required to deliver these via the Glasgow City Region Community Benefits Hub and by no other means. The web address of this Hub is: https://www.benefitsforcommunities.co.uk/ The number of CB points to be delivered from projects listed on this Hub as a result of any award is 120. (SC Ref:835442)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
24 Jun 2026 → 24 Jul 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published120 days ago24 Jun 2026, 11:23 BST
- Submission deadline90 days ago24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened90 days ago24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sherriff CourtMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.