Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 25 Jul 2025, 15:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Technical Hardware and Support Services for Robotic Scanning Workstations

Official notice

Authority: Historic Environment Scotland

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£389,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 6 Aug 2025no call for competition

Awarded to CBM-Logix Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Notice relates to the award of contract for the provision of technical hardware and support services for robotic scanning workstations.

The contract duration is to be for 60 months.

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has awarded this contract under the conditions of…Awarded

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has awarded this contract under the conditions of regulation 33.4.b(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) regulations. The Contract will include maintenance services for robotically operated digital scanning equipment used within the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP).

The scope of the maintenance services provided will include:

Annual on-site preventative maintenance
All software updates
All replacement parts
Customer support

Delivery: Scotland

Extensions: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of supplies or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 25 Jul 2025, 15:12 BST
Last source update: 5 Sept 2025, 11:14 BST
Authority reference: HES/C/4291
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-054206
Classification (CPV): Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056676 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: HES has awarded to the Supplier on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons. The robotic systems were developed by the Supplier for HES on the basis no solution is otherwise available in the marketplace. Given the nature of the services described in II.2.4 of this notice, the necessary support and service engineers, and specialist expertise, can only be provided by the Supplier.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:809428)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £389,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 6 Aug 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CBM-Logix LtdSME	£389,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
CBM-Logix LtdSME	£389,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 054206-2025-HES/C/4291-1 · CBM-Logix LtdSME
Signed
6 Aug 2025
Value
£389,000
Status
active
Contract 043210-2025-HES/C/4291-1 · CBM-Logix LtdSME
Signed
24 Jul 2025
Value
£389,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Historic Environment Scotland

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeBuilt Environment, Tourism, Conservation Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1SHContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CBM-Logix LtdAwarded supplier C B M Logix Ltd, Unit 10A, Shaw Lane Industrial Estate, Ogden Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire & Humber, DN2 4SQ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.