Official UK procurement notice
Mechanical and Electrical Consultancy Design Services
Authority: Heriot-Watt University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Mechanical and Electrical Consultancy Design Services to the University Estates Services.
CPV: Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must ensure that all key MEPS engineering personnel are professionally registered (CEng/IEng/EngTech) with the Engineering Council or hold an equivalent authorisation in their home country, and be members of an appropriate Professional Engineering Institution such as CIBSE, CABE, or CIPHE.
- 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.
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
- 24 Feb 2026, 16:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
HWU-UK-2526-175-00- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095688- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065b65Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:844433)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Mar 2026 → 9 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline209 days ago26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened209 days ago26 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published12 days ago9 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Oct 2026, 13:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood PartnershipSME, RSP Consulting Engineers LLPSME, WGM Consulting EngineersSMEjoint award | £175,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 095688-2026-HWU-UK-2526-175-00-1 · Blackwood PartnershipSME, RSP Consulting Engineers LLPSME, WGM Consulting EngineersSME
- Signed
- 2 Jun 2026
- Value
- £175,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13bids · 13 electronic | 13 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Blackwood PartnershipAwarded supplier
- RSP Consulting Engineers LLPAwarded supplier
- WGM Consulting EngineersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria