Official UK procurement notice
Pre-market engagement for upcoming Consultancy Services (CS2) Framework Agreement
Authority: LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLHC Procurement Group (LHCPG) is pleased to announce the commencement of development work for its next-generation Consultancy Services framework, CS2.
CS2 is intended to succeed the current Consultancy Services (CS1) and Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy (MDC1) frameworks and will provide a comprehensive consultancy solution for public sector organisations across housing, construction, asset management, retrofit, decarbonisation, building safety and wider built environment projects.
The proposed scope, workstream structure and lotting arrangements remain subject to change and will be further developed following pre-market engagement with suppliers and public sector partners.
CPV: Advisory architectural services · Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for building extensions · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural services for outdoor areas · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Building consultancy services · Building services · +66 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Consultancy Services (CS2) is one of SPA’s upcoming Framework Agreements, and we are…Planned
Consultancy Services (CS2) is one of SPA’s upcoming Framework Agreements, and we are seeking input from the market to support its development.
At this stage, we propose that the framework will cover the areas listed below. However, the scope remains subject to change following feedback received through the supplier and partner pre-market engagement sessions.
We are keen to hear from organisations operating across consultancy and professional services disciplines, including but not limited to:
Architectural Services
Project Management
Quantity Surveying
Building Surveying
Civil and Structural Engineering
Building Services Engineering
Principal Designer Services
Employers Agent Services
Planning Consultancy
Retrofit and Decarbonisation Consultancy
Compliance and Building Safety Services
Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy Services
If your organisation provides services relevant to the proposed framework, we encourage you to attend our in-person pre-market engagement session. The session will provide an opportunity to learn more about the proposed scope and opportunities available, while allowing you to share your expertise and views on the structure of the framework. LHCPG looks forward to working collaboratively with the market to develop a modern, flexible and high-quality consultancy framework that meets the evolving needs of public sector clients Additional information: This framework Agreement (CS2) is the next iteration of our current Consultancy Services (CS1).
You can download the procurement guide here: www.scottishprocurement.scot/all-frameworks-and-d… ↗
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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).
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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).
- “Pre-market engagement for upcoming Consultancy Services (CS2)…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 91 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 2%
2–38% / 9%
4–60% / 25%
7+92% / 64%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Consultancy Services (CS2) is one of SPA’s upcoming Framework Agreements, and we are…CPV 7131Published estimate£100m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 53 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–39%
4–625%
7+64%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:13 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:13 BST
- Authority reference
LHC - 1068- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074939- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de4cFind a Tender
Publisher note: All information can be found within the attached document including a link to eventbrite where organisations can book their space at the PME session. 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=839247. (SC Ref:839247)
How it was run
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- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 30 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published77 days ago6 Aug 2026, 16:13 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 38 days30 Nov 2026
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