Official UK procurement notice
Former Castlebrae High School Residential Scheme
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is looking to develop a residential led scheme on the site of the former Castlebrae High School, located in the North East Locality, off Greendykes Road.
The site is approximately 4.36 hectares (10.77 acres) in size. The scheme has been developed to the end of RIBA Stage 2 with a preferred design identified.
This development opportunity seeks to deliver an energy efficient and sustainable development that supports the Council’s aim of achieving net zero carbon by 2030.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for houses · Construction work for multi-dwelling buildings and individual houses · Construction work for subsidised residential accommodation · Development of residential real estate · Houses construction work · Residential homes construction work · Urban development construction work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewal
What 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The Council will disqualify any Candidates who:
- Fail to comply with the requirements of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015;
- Fail to meet any of the mandatory criteria described in the SPD;
- Fail to provide a satisfactory response to any questions in the SPD or inadequately or incorrectly completes any question;
- Submit an SPD after the deadline; and
- Provide false or inaccurate information.
- Economic & financial standing
- Part III: Section A, B, C & D - Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (for above OJEU threshold)/8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (below OJEU threshold).
- Part IV: Selection criteria - B: Economic and Financial Standing – Question 4B.1 - Bidders are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of 170m GBP for the last two financial years.
Where a Bidder does not have an annual turnover of this value, the Council may exclude the Bidder from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Bidder’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
- Part IV: Selection criteria - B: Economic and Financial Standing – Question 4B.4 - Bidders will be required provide the following information in response to 4B.4:
- Current ratio for Current Year: 1.20
- Current ratio for Prior Year: 1.20
The formula for calculating a Bidder’s current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities. The acceptable range for each financial ratio is greater than 1.20. Where a Bidders’ current ratio is less than the acceptable value, the Council may exclude the Bidder from the competition or may apply discretion seeking supporting evidence to determine the Bidder’s suitability to proceed in the competition.
- Part IV: Selection criteria - B: Economic and Financial Standing – Question 4B.5 - Bidders a…
- Technical & professional ability
Part IV: Selection Criteria - Technical and Professional Ability – Question 4C.1 –
Question 1 – Previous Delivery Experience – 40%
Please provide two case studies that demonstrate your organisation’s experience of delivering projects of a similar size and complexity to the Former Castlebrae High School Residential Scheme. These case studies must be for projects completed within the last 10 years.
Please also provide the following details as part of both case studies:
-Customer details;
-Contract values – initial estimated value & turn out value; and
-Programme dates – initial programme & actual.
Please also provide a statement for each of the following items relative to one case study:
-A description of the works and/or services delivered;
-Details of the site complexities that were faced on the project and how these were managed and either mitigated or resolved;
-The construction methodologies used on the project;
-The quality control approaches;
-The quality management approach that was adopted and any software/tools used;
-The process followed for the management of aftercare and reporting of defects;
-The approach taken towards defects rectification;
-The approach taken to manage key sub-contractors;
-Details of the community benefits package that was delivered;
-What added value your organisation delivered through its involvement in the project; and
-Details of any lessons learned related to any of the bullet points noted above and how these have been implemented into fut…
Minimum: Question 3 – Health and Safety & Site Security – 20% Please provide a case study of a similar size, scale and complexity to the Former Castlebrae High School Residential Scheme which focuses on and demonstrates the competencies of your organisations with regards to health and saf…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 18 Sept 2024, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2026, 11:47 BST
- Authority reference
CT1504- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040421- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:830897)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
31 Mar 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected31 Mar 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published180 days ago1 May 2026, 11:47 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025- Published value updated to £81,200,00023 Jun 2025, 14:49 BSTwas £70,610,000
- Status changed to active23 Jun 2025, 14:49 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Jun 2025, 14:49 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST23 Jun 2025, 14:49 BST
- Deadline moved to 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST14 Jul 2025, 16:42 BST+14 days · was 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to cancelled1 May 2026, 11:47 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 23 Jul 2025 | 6 Aug 2025 | +14 d |
| — | DateEstimated date of dispatch of invitations · IV.2.3 | 1 Sept 2025 | 15 Sept 2025 | +14 d |
Extension granted on account of tenderer request.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-09: 1 release · 18 Sept 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.