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Published 11 Jul 2024, 13:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Multi-Disciplinary Design Team – Scottish Borders Design Futures Project

Official notice

Authority: Heriot-Watt University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£275,000≈ £92k / year
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2024
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · starts 25 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University intends to reconfigure space in Galashiels, currently shared between Scottish Borders Campus main building and The High Mill Building. The University intends to locate all learning, teaching, research, and support space to the High Mill Building. This intent will require existing space to be creatively redesigned for flexible and multi-purpose use.

CPV: Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Engineering design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1 3 yrs
Contract period: 25 Sept 2024 – 30 Sept 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Galashiels
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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships. This includes the requirement of particular authorisation or memberships of either RIBA, RIAS or equivalent. Bidders must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence at point of award.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Closed
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
11 Jul 2024, 13:55 BST
Last source update
11 Jul 2024, 13:55 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
HWU-UK-2324-265-00
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021266
Classification (CPV)
Architectural design servicesArchitectural services for buildingsEngineering design services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM91)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047ca4 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: 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. - Tenderers will be asked to submit the following forms. These forms are for information only and will not be scored. --- Form of Tender --- Bona Fide Tender --- Freedom of Information --- Supply Chain Code of Conduct --- Parent Company Guarantee (if applicable) - The Successful Contractor must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. - A Parent Company Guarantee will be required if the organisation is a private or public company and the Tenderer is a subsidiary company, or for any subsidiary companies that are members of a consortium. - The Successful Contractor will be required to provide two years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract, or confirm in their tender submission is publicly accessible, free, online location of accounts if available in such a format. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. - Where the capability & capacity of a subcontractor, members of a consortia or any other body will be relied on, separate SPD(s) are required from each of those other parties relied on. - Where subcontractors are to be used but their capability & capacity are not relied on, the University may choose to request separate SPD(s). The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27138. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Refer to Appendix G (i)_Technical Questionnaire (SC Ref:772220)

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
12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Jul 2024 → 25 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Jul 2024, 13:55 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    25 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Heriot-Watt University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Moyen House, Research Park North, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4APContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

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