Official UK procurement notice
Painting and Decorating Framework · University Of Edinburgh (Jan 2025)
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Edinburgh has appointed contractors to join a Painting and Decorating Framework agreement for works across the estate.
The Framework Agreement will include the entire University of Edinburgh estate together with other property owned, occupied or otherwise used by the University of Edinburgh. Lists of University of Edinburgh properties are provided within this Invitation to Tender.
The University estate comprises a number of listed buildings. The quality of work delivered across the entire estate should meet specified standards at all times, but particular attention will be brought to the specification of maintenance work on a listed property.
The framework agreement will operate under the Scotland (FA/Scot) 2014 Edition incorporating the Measured Term Contract for use in Scotland (MTC/Scot) 2019 Edition all as published by the Scottish Building Contract Committee.
This Framework Agreement will be operational for a period of three plus one years.
The Framework is tendered on behalf of The University of Edinburgh and all University of Edinburgh Subsidiary Companies.
Any, and all, of The University of Edinburgh’s Subsidiary Companies may access and utilise this Framework at any time during the life of the agreement.
- Recurrence: Nine months prior to expiry
CPV: Painting work · Repainting work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 3 suppliers · 12 bids received (4.0 per place) · 5 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint contractors to provide Painting and…AwardedRenewal
The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint contractors to provide Painting and Decorating works across the estate via a framework.
The framework will run from 1st October 2025 for a period of 3 years until 30th September 2028 with the option to extend by a further 12 months to 30th September 2029. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Economic and financial standing – Question 4B1.1
Minimum: Tenderers are required to have a minimum “general” annual turnover of GBP 857,914 for the last three financial years. Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading in… - Technical & professional ability
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
SPD ref. 4C1.2 Question
Minimum: Minimum number of relevant examples: THREE EXAMPLES Requirement: Bidders will be required to provide three examples of works and associated services that demonstrate the range of project types and contracts undertaken by them during the past five years that demonstrate that they…
- 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.
- “Painting and Decorating Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 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
- Works
- 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
- Yes · Nine months prior to expiry
- First published
- 8 Jan 2025, 09:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
EC1033- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040703- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce10Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to the ITT tender documents for full details.
Publisher note: The Framework Agreement commencement date shall be 1st October 2025 for a period of 3 years until 30th September 2028 with the option to extend by a further 12 months to 30th September 2029 (SC Ref:804437)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
10 Feb 2025 → 17 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published17 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Jul 2025, 08:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 040703-2025-EC1033-1
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2025
- Value
- £5,147,493
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 10 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- Bell Group LtdFramework contractor
- J S McColl Painting Contractors LtdFramework contractor
- Mitie Property Services (UK) LtdFramework contractor
- Trident Maintenance Services LtdFramework contractor
- dumbreck decoratorsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.