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Published 4 Sept 2025, 08:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Student Accommodation

Official notice

Authority: Forth Valley College (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£995,231published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 4 Dec 2025
Awarded to University of Stirling
Contract term 1 yr 5 moends 31 May 2027 · extension options published · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Forth Valley College is seeking a Contractor for the provision of student accommodation for apprentices that will attend our Falkirk Campus.

  • Recurrence: January 2030

CPV: Accommodation services · Hotel accommodation services · Hotel services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Forth Valley College is seeking accommodation for groups of apprentices who attend our…AwardedRenewal 1 yr 5 mo

Forth Valley College is seeking accommodation for groups of apprentices who attend our Falkirk Campus.

Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 – 31 May 2027 (1 yr 5 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Falkirk
Extensions: Forth Valley College reserves the right to add additional group of students or apprentices to the Agreement. · The Authority reserves the right to extend the Agreement for a further 3 periods of 12 months until 31st May 2030, subject to satisfactory performance and continued Authority requirements.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: 35Price: 40Environmental: 5
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Suitability of the Proposed Accommodation: 15
  • Hygiene Standards and Health and Safety: 10
  • Key Personnel and Safeguarding Procedures: 5
  • Fair Work Practices: 5
  • price: 40
  • Sustainability: 5
Published award criteria (6)
  • Suitability of the Proposed Accommodation: 15
  • Hygiene Standards and Health and Safety: 10
  • Key Personnel and Safeguarding Procedures: 5
  • Fair Work Practices: 5
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Economic & financial standing

    It is a requirement that all Tenderers must have or commit to have the required insurance levels at commencement of the Agreement as indicated below.

    Minimum: Employers Liability – GBP5,000,000 Public Liability – GPB5,000,000
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 80 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Yes · January 2030
First published
4 Sept 2025, 08:46 BST
Last source update
15 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Oct 2025 – …
Authority reference
ASC-2025-01
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082971
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation servicesHotel accommodation servicesHotel services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM76)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0593af Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Tenderers can attend the optional Tenderers’ Conference taking place online at 11am to 11.45am on 10th September 2025. Please contact [email protected] to confirm attendance. The Authority will cover the requirements of the Agreement, the SPD, Technical questions and Price Schedule in a presentation to Tenderers. (SC Ref:818575)

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
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Oct 2025 → 16 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline381 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened381 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published311 days ago
    15 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMT
  4. Contract starts290 days ago
    5 Jan 2026
  5. Bids must remain valid until247 days ago
    16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £995,2311 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Stirling£995,231 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 082971-2025-ASC-2025-01-1 · University of Stirling

    Signed
    4 Dec 2025
    Value
    £995,231
    Period
    … – 31 May 2027
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forth Valley College

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Grangemouth Road, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 9ADContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Camelon Sheriff CourtReview body Falkirk

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.