Official UK procurement notice
Office Cleaning Services (Glasgow & Edinburgh)
Authority: Audit Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere is the necessity to have a cleaning provision in place for Audit Scotland’s Edinburgh Office situated at Westport and the Glasgow Office situated in Nelson Mandela Place. The intention is to have a new Contract for this provision with a single supplier, for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend by up to 2 further years (1 + 1), with a maximum Contract period of 4 years.
CPV: Office cleaning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1There is the necessity to have a cleaning provision in place for Audit Scotland’s…Renewal
There is the necessity to have a cleaning provision in place for Audit Scotland’s Edinburgh Office situated at Westport and the Glasgow Office situated in Nelson Mandela Place. This provision will replace the existing contract that is in place for the two buildings which expires in March 2027. It is anticipated that the cleaning provision for both locales could be contained in one contractual agreement.
The intention is to have a new Contract for this provision with a single supplier, for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend by up to 2 further years (1 + 1), with a maximum Contract period of 4 years.
This service requirement is a regulated procurement under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
The Contract period shall commence on 1 April 2027 until 30 March 2029, with the option to extend for a period of up to 2 years to be agreed on an annual basis.
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
See SPD for further Information
Minimum: List and brief description of selection criteria: [4B2a] Specific yearly turnover The bidder should provide its yearly (specific) turnover in the business area(s) covered by the contract and specified. Number of fiscal years - 3 Minimum level(s) of standards required: [4B4] Finan…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 31 Aug 2026, 16:57 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Aug 2026, 16:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Oct 2026 – …
- Authority reference
AS-26-023- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082419- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef17Find a Tender
- Performance terms
See Specification of Requirements and attached Annexes
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=841618. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:841618) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=841618
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
Timeline
31 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Notice published52 days ago31 Aug 2026, 16:57 BST
- Submission deadline7 days ago15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 days ago15 Oct 2026, 12:30 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Bids must remain valid untilin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.