Official UK procurement notice
Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies
Authority: Scotland Excel
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis framework has been developed to assist councils with the procurement of technical consultants for future updates to their Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES). It will also help councils complete work to meet any potential deadlines for Heat Network Zoning or Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs). The framework is divided into three lots as follows:
-Lot 1 - Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies
-Lot 2 - Heat Network Zoning
-Lot 3 - Local Area Energy Plans
Scotland Excel is the Centre of Procurement Expertise for the local government sector in Scotland. All 32 Scottish local authorities are members and circa 90 organisations are associate members. Established in 2008, our remit is to work collaboratively with members and suppliers to raise procurement standards, secure best value for customers and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector procurement in Scotland.
Scotland Excel develops and manages collaborative contracts for products, services and works where a strategic requirement is identified across our sector. For further information about our governance and set up, suppliers are referred to the following page of our website:
CPV: Advisory architectural services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers · 16 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (1.1 per place) · 15 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Local Heat and Energy Efficiency StrategiesCancelledPublished value£4,000,000
The scope of this lot will include Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies - Supporting local authorities in the completion of technical analysis, as well as, when directed, coordination and engagement activities necessary for the preparation and publication of Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies in compliance with LHEES Order and Guidance. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.
Lot #2Heat Network ZoningCancelledPublished value£750,000
The scope of this lot will include heat network zoning - Assisting Local Authorities in reviewing and evaluating the potential for heat networks on a strategic, area wide scale, and to advance the development of heat network zones from this strategic level towards project identification and feasibility assessment. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.
Lot #3Local Area Energy PlansCancelledPublished value£250,000
The scope of this lot will include Local Area Energy Plans - Aiding local authorities in completing the technical analysis required for Local Area Energy Plans and/or Energy Master planning in order to achieve net-zero planning. 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. Please see the Invitation to Tender contained on the PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement and the other Procurement Documents for further information.
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 (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed Framework Agreement is divided into Lots, these Economic and Financial Standing selection criteria apply separately in relation to each individual lot.
SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTIONS 4B.5.1 AND 4B.5.2 - Insurance Requirements
SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTIONS 4B.6 - Other Economic and Financial Requirement
Minimum: SPD (SCOTLAND) QUESTIONS 4B.5.1 AND 4B.5.2 - INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS Tenderers must confirm that they already have, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of the Framework Contract, the following types and minimum levels of insurance cover on terms compatible with the r… - Technical & professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria: In accordance with Regulation 59(12), as this proposed Framework Agreement is divided into Lots, these Technical and Professional ability selection criteria apply. -SPD (Scotland) Question 4C.10 – Subcontracting -SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.1 - Quality Assurance Schemes and Health and Safety Procedures -SPD (Scotland) Question 4D.2 - Environmental Management Standards
Minimum: Further to the identified selection criteria outlined above, full guidance and the minimum levels of standards required are outlined in the "0323_III.1.3 Technical and Professional Ability" document, which can be found in the "Contract Notice" folder in the Buyer Attachment area,…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 15 suppliers, 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
- 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 26 Jan 2024, 11:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Sept 2025, 15:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
0323- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054395- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0434d0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
For full details of the conditions relevant to the proposed Framework Contract and contracts to be called off thereunder (to the extent known or settled at this stage), please see the tender documents (details of how to access these are set out in section "I.3, Communication" of this Contract Notice).
Scotland Excel will require the members of any tendering group of entities (including, but not limited to consortium members, members of a group of economic operators and/or sub-contractors) to be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract (no matter the legal form taken by those entities in order to enter into the contract).
For further information relative to the submission of consortia tenders, tenders by groups of economic operators and sub-contracting, please refer to the tender documentation which is available in the relevant PCS-T project for this procurement exercise.
Publisher note: Scotland Excel is a central purchasing body and is procuring this framework on behalf of the following contracting authorities (and successor bodies): A) The 32 local authorities in Scotland as listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/aboutus/ourmembers.aspx B) Scotland Excel associate members as listed at http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk/home/Aboutus/Ourmembers/Associate-members.aspx C) any Integration Authority, or other body, established pursuant to the Public Bodies (Joint Working)(Scotland)Act 2014. D) Any Scottish Registered Social Landlords listed on the public register of the Scottish Housing Regulator: http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/Documents/Landlord%20Register.pdf as at the date of publication of this notice. E) Tayside Contracts F) Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and their member organisations across the higher and further education sector in Scotland and their associated and affiliated bodies. G) Scottish Prison Service (SPS) H) Any body created pursuant to the National Health Service Scotland Act (1978) I) Transport Scotland J) Scottish Government and Scottish Central Government Bodies. The above is subject to each contracting authority entering into and maintaining a relevant membership agreement or other access agreement with Scotland Excel. Retrospective rebates apply to this framework. For further details, please see the (0323) Framework Contract document. Tenderers are advised that the envisaged maximum number of participants that might be appointed to the proposed framework agreement set out in section IV.1.3 of this contract notice is purely indicative. Scotland Excel reserves the right to appoint more or less bidders than the envisaged maximum number to the proposed framework agreement. Further information regarding the operation of the framework and the tendering requirements can be found within the tender documentation which is available in the relevant PCS-T project for this procurement exercise. (SC Ref:803961)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
19 Feb 2024 → 5 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected19 Feb 2024
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published5 Sept 2025, 15:56 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Oct 2024- Status changed to active25 Oct 2024, 11:41 BST
- Procurement method changed25 Oct 2024, 11:41 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT25 Oct 2024, 11:41 BST
- Status changed to complete5 Sept 2025, 15:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Heat Network Zoning
- Signed
- 9 Apr 2025
- Value
- £750,000
- Status
- active
Local Area Energy Plans
- Signed
- 9 Apr 2025
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies
- Signed
- 9 Apr 2025
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies | 16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 2 · Heat Network Zoning | 13bids · 13 electronic · 13 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 3 · Local Area Energy Plans | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
15 commercial parties on the notice- ALtass LimitedFramework contractor
- Arcadis Consulting (UK) LimitedFramework contractor
- Buro Happold LtdFramework contractor
- Centre for Sustainable EnergyFramework contractor
- City Science Corporation LimitedFramework contractor
- Elevate Everywhere LtdFramework contractor
- Energy AgencyFramework contractor
- Energy Systems Catapult Services LtdFramework contractor
- Mott MacDonald LimitedFramework contractor
- Ove Arup & Partners LtdFramework contractor
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- Sweco UK LimitedFramework contractor
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- Turner & Townsend Consulting LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.