Official UK procurement notice
Enabling Commercial Space Crossmill Lead Consultant
Authority: East Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Renfrewshire Council is inviting tenders, from suitably qualified companies for the provision of Lead Consultancy Service for the Enabling Commercial Space Crossmill Plots G&H project (LOCATION: Crossmill Business Park, Barrhead).
The project aims to deliver new, flexible commercial space and enabling public and private sector delivery of space through land remediation and service provision. The project will directly deliver two outputs:
the creation new, flexible commercial space (including Advanced Manufacturing) for lease to market and
the development of further commercial stock through land remediation and servicing of a separate, adjacent site.
Located within Barrhead and serving small to medium sized commercial interests, the flexible and adaptable design of the space will be configured in a modern format to suit business needs from the foundational economy or for established businesses to growth and expand. It is proposed that additional floor space be constructed on plots G & H of the Business Park, that will fall within three Planning Use Classes - 4 (offices and light industry), 5 (general industry) including Advanced Manufacturing and 6 (storage).
CPV: Civil engineering consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Structural engineering consultancy 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 (7)
- Technical Ability: 30
- Innovative Design Options: 5
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work Practice and living wage: 10
- Management and Timescales: 35
- price: 40
- Sustainability: 10
Published award criteria (7)
- Technical Ability: 30
- Innovative Design Options: 5
- Community Benefits: 10
- Sustainability: 10
- Fair Work Practice and living wage: 10
- Management and Timescales: 35
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Bidders (or their sub-contractor(s) are required to be a current member Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in order to be considered for this contract
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 300,000 GBP for the last 2 years in the business area covered by the contract.
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP
Public Liability Insurance 5 million GBP
Professional Indemnity Insurance 2 million GBP
To establish the financial standing of a Tenderer, the Council will firstly take into account a risk report provided independently by Credit Safe. Within such reports, the risk of business failure is expressed as a score ranging from 1 -100. In the event that a company is determined to have a risk failure rating of below 30 i.e. that the company is considered to have a high risk of business failure, the submission will not be considered further.
Where you are not registered on credit safe e.g. charitable organisations, new start companies and Sole Traders you are to submit 2 years financial accounts, including Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet for consideration.
- Price carries 40 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Services
- 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
- 14 Aug 2025, 13:47 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2026, 09:09 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Sept 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ERC000623- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025544- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0587ecFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21614. 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/ Prompt Payment-The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the contract, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these services are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall(unless formally disputed by the tenderer)be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. The Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Failure to supply the information within timeframe requested may result in your bid being rejected & the Council proceeding with the procurement exercise to the next appropriate bidder. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the Tender documents. Applicants must ensure they read in line with this contract notice. Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. Bidders must provide a response at SPD Q4.C.4 and this will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of: a) their standard payment terms. b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year. Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves payment performance. It should be noted that where a bidder is unable to confirm or provide a satisfactory improvement plan the Council reserves the right to remove you from the process. Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure the SPD (Scotland) - Subcontractors Supplier Response is completed and uploaded at question 2C.1 of the qualification envelope. (SC Ref:827109)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
15 Sept 2025 → 20 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published222 days ago20 Mar 2026, 09:09 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2026, 09:09 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypostyle ArchitectsSME | £224,795 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025544-2026-ERC000623-1 · Hypostyle ArchitectsSME
- Signed
- 9 Mar 2026
- Value
- £224,795
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Paisley Sheriff Court and Justice of the PeaceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hypostyle ArchitectsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria