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Published 28 Jun 2021, 09:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Inverness Castle - Refurbishment and Redevelopment

Official notice

Authority: The Highland Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£22,876,454published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Jul 2021awarded 16 Feb 2022
Awarded to Bancon Construction Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Conversion, refurbishment, extension and alteration of the city centre Category A Listed Inverness Castle to form a new visitor attraction including downtakings, fabric repairs, structural alterations, new build extensions, new internal fit out, new internal and external MEP systems, drainage, extensive hard and soft landscaping and external lighting.

CPV: Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Open procedure with Techincial EvaluationAwarded

Open procedure with Techincial Evaluation. Quality 60% Cost 40%

Delivery: Scotland
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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Price: 40%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to tender documentation.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 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
Works
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
28 Jun 2021, 09:45 BST
Last source update
22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
DI18043
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004926
Classification (CPV)
Construction work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b6cb Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:684260)

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
Submission deadline
28 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Jul 2021 → 22 Feb 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2021
  1. Deadline moved to 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
    27 Jul 2021, 09:15 BST
    +26 days · was 11 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Deadline moved to 17 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
    27 Aug 2021, 15:25 BST
    +11 days · was 6 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    8 Sept 2021, 09:44 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    8 Sept 2021, 09:44 BST
  5. Deadline moved to 28 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
    8 Sept 2021, 09:44 BST
    -51 days · was 17 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    22 Feb 2022, 10:05 GMT
Published amendments (4 · 4 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.228 Jul 202111 Aug 2021+14 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.728 Jul 202111 Aug 2021+14 d
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.211 Aug 20216 Sept 2021+26 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.711 Aug 20216 Sept 2021+26 d
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.26 Sept 202117 Sept 2021+11 d
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.217 Sept 202124 Sept 2021+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.76 Sept 202127 Sept 2021+21 d

Due to a problem with uploading some of tender documents to viewpoint the deadline has been extended by 2 weeks.

Due to large revision on BoQ the deadline has been extended.

Tender period extended as requested.

response to further requests to extend tender deadline.

Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2021-08: 1 release · 27 Aug 2021
  • 2021-07: 1 release · 27 Jul 2021
  • 2021-06: 1 release · 28 Jun 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £22,876,4541 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bancon Construction LimitedSME£22,876,454 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Highland Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 5NXContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff CourtReview body Inverness

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Bancon ConstructionAwarded supplier Burnett House, Burn O' Bennie Road, Banchory, UK, AB31 5ZUContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria