Official UK procurement notice
Inverness Campus Phase 2 Infrastructure Design Team
Authority: Highlands and Islands Enterprise
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionForm and lead a design team including Architect, Civil/Structural Engineer, Principal Designer, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Landscape Architect (all to RIBA Stage 4 and Tender Pack).
The contract has a start date of 9.2.2026 and an end date of 8.2.2027 plus 1 optional 6 month extension.
CPV: Architectural design services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Landscape architectural services · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Structural engineering consultancy services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1It is expected that these services will be required from January 2026 for an initial…AwardedRenewal
It is expected that these services will be required from January 2026 for an initial period of 12 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 6 months following the Initial Term.
The value in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated total spend inclusive of an additional 15% client risk. Additional information: 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.
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 sub-criteria (6)
- Management & Delivery Methodology: 25%
- Design Team: 15%
- Programme: 10%
- Fair Work: 5%
- price: 40%
- Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (10)
- Prompt Payment: Pass/Fail
- Cyber Security: Pass/Fail
- Payment of Real Living Wage: Pass/Fail
- Community Benefits: Pass/Fail
- Management & Delivery Methodology: 25%
- Design Team: 15%
- Programme: 10%
- Sustainability: 5%
- Fair Work: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Economic & financial standing
Please see SPD.
- Technical & professional ability
Please see SPD.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Inverness Campus Phase 2 Infrastructure Design Team” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Restricted 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
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2025, 14:22 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
- Authority reference
FTS038- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011819- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059f2aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:818860)
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Oct 2025 → 10 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period ends367 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown20 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected357 days ago31 Oct 2025
- Notice published254 days ago10 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Feb 2026, 12:14 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 011819-2026-FTS038-1
- Signed
- 9 Feb 2026
- Value
- £256,778
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- Civic Engineers limited, trading as CivicAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.