Official UK procurement notice
Dumbarton Exit, Rivercity Set Demolition_
Authority: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDumbarton is the filming location for the BBC Scotland serial drama River City which has been decommissioned.
Consequently, the set needs to be derigged and removed from the site to be handed over to the landlord in the condition agreed upon in the lease.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 14:46 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2026, 13:04 BST
- Authority reference
SJ1017- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069689- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd0cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The grounds for this are that the works are strictly necessary by reason of extreme urgency brought about by events that were unforeseeable by the contracting authority, namely the unexpected identification of hazardous materials on site necessitating an immediate site exit which could not reasonably have been anticipated in the contracting authority's planning and programming. The urgency of the situation is such that it is impossible to comply with the minimum time limits required under the standard open or restricted procedures, or indeed the accelerated variants thereof, without creating an unacceptable risk to the programme of wider works required to achieve site exit.
- Risks
n/a
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2026, 14:46 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Transparency notice published23 Jul 2026, 13:04 BSTUK5
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJM Design20 Jul 2026 – 31 Oct 2026Amended: Corrected description of Scope. | £489,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BJM DesignAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender