Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Treasury Management Advisory Services
Authority: The Highland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Highland Council are inviting tenders for Treasury Management Advisory Services for a three-year period, with an option to extend by a further period of up to twelve months.
- Recurrence: September 2029
CPV: Treasury services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£88,000
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: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The Service Provider must be authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and is entered on the FCA register.
- Economic & financial standing
The Bidder is required to provide the Authority with the following;
- “general” yearly turnover for the last financial three (3) years in the business area covered by the Contract; SPD 4B1a
“specific” turnover for the last financial three (3) years in the business area covered by the Contract; SPD 4B2a
The Authority will undertake a credit rating review of the successful bidder.
If in the opinion of the Authority there is too great a risk involved in contracting with an organisation, then the organisation shall Fail the Qualification – SPD.
Minimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: The Contractor must hold (or be willing to arrange) the following insurances throughout the duration of any contract with the Authority: - Employers Liability Insurance of not less than 5 MILLION POUNDS (GBP 5,000,000) STERLING in respect o… - Technical & professional ability
The Service Provider must be authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and is entered on the FCA register.
The Service Provider shall ensure that all personnel and other persons providing the Services are at all times properly and sufficiently qualified, competent, careful, skilled, honest, experienced, instructed and supervised as the case may be with regard to the Services and in particular to ensure adequate discharge of the Service Provider’s obligation in relation to:
- The task or tasks such a person has to perform;
- All relevant provisions of the agreement; and
- All relevant policies, rules, procedures and standards of the Council
- Technical & professional ability
The Service Provider must be authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and is entered on the FCA register.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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
- 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 · September 2029
- First published
- 8 Oct 2025, 14:25 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Nov 2025 – …
- Authority reference
HC/COR/TM/2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000751- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aaaeFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:819763)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Nov 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline354 days ago7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened354 days ago7 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published294 days ago6 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2026, 15:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUFG Corporate Markets | £82,140 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000751-2026-HC/COR/TM/2025-1 · MUFG Corporate Markets
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2025
- Value
- £82,140
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MUFG Corporate MarketsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.