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Published 4 Apr 2025, 08:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EC1046 University Rowing Fleet

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£325,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 5 May 2025awarded 16 Jun 2025
Awarded to Hudson Boat Works UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Edinburgh is appointing a single supplier for the complete supply, delivery, servicing and repairs of the University's rowing fleet.

CPV: Rowing boats · Sports goods and equipment · Water-sports equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The University of Edinburgh is appointing a single supplier for the Supply, Delivery,…AwardedPublished value£325,000

The University of Edinburgh is appointing a single supplier for the Supply, Delivery, Servicing and Repairs of the University’s Rowing Fleet.

The Contract period is for 5 years from 16th June 2025 to 15th June 2030, with no options to extend.

Delivery: Scotland · Strathclyde Park Water Sports Centre, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, ML1 3ED.
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    SPD 4B.1.1 - Bidders will be required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of 325,000 GBP for the last 3 financial years.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the Bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading in question 4B3.

    SPD 4B5.1a - It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP

    Public Liability Insurance = 2,000,000 GBP

    SPD 4B6 - Statement 1 (Parent Company Guarantee)

    Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.

    SPD 4B6 - Statement 2 (Financial Strength)

    Bidders will be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.

    Bidders must be able to provide upon request, their 3 most recent sets of annual audited accounts, including profit and loss information, and the following ratios:

    • Current Ratio
    • Quick Ratio
    • Debtors Turnover Ratio
    • Return on Assets
    • Working Capital
    • Debt to Equity Ratio
    • Gross Profit Ratio

    A review of your ratios and audited accounts may be undertaken. In some cases, this review may lead to an additional request for further financial infor…

  • Technical & professional ability

    SPD 4D1 - Statement 1 (Quality Management)

    The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent). Please confirm you hold the required accreditation.

    If the bidder does not hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), The bidder must have the following:

    Equivalent, documented policy and procedures regarding quality management, endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent. These must include the following documented items relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be carried out, which are equivalent to the standards listed above — a policy with set responsibilities, review and improvement procedures, quality management and performance process, workforce training, skills, and information process, monitoring arrangements, bidder quality management arrangements, and a process for managing complaints.

    SPD 4D1 - Statement 2 (Health & Safety):

    The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum.

    If the bidder does not hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third-party certi…

    Minimum: 1. Bidders are to confirm if they are the manufacturer or approved distributor of the products proposed in their submission. 2. Bidders are to confirm that they are able to provide boats in all categories currently competed in on the domestic and international competition schedul…
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
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
4 Apr 2025, 08:25 BST
Last source update
30 Jun 2025, 13:57 BST
Award evaluation window
5 May 2025 – …
Authority reference
EC1046
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036113
Classification (CPV)
Rowing boatsSports goods and equipmentWater-sports equipment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd08 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As detailed within the Invitation to Tender documents within "Schedule 3 - Statement of Requirements"

Publisher note: (SC Ref:802574)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗

Submission deadline
5 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
5 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 May 2025 → 30 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    5 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 13:57 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Jun 2025, 13:57 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £325,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Hudson Boat Works UK LtdSME£325,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.