Find a TenderPlanned procurementPipeline notice
Published 13 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Refurbishment and Modernisation (RM4S) - Scotland Framework Agreement

Authority: LHC Procurement Group (Public body)

Framework agreementWorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£900,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 15 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 1 Mar 2031 · up to 1 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Mar 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A Prior Information Notice relating to this proposed framework was previously published through Public Contracts Scotland and transferred to Find a Tender under Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-020262 / Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0663d9. PCS Ref number: MAR551114 / OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000825753

FTS PIN Notice is available via at the following link: www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020262-2026 ↗

PCS PIN Notice is available via the following link : www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Authority/Notice_Pub… ↗

This UK1 Pipeline Notice is being published directly on Find a Tender to establish the Procurement Act 2023 notice record for the procurement. A UK4 Tender Notice is expected to follow shortly.

The earlier Prior Information Notice was published for advance market visibility and should be read alongside this notice. This UK1 supersedes that notice only for the purpose of establishing the Procurement Act 2023 notice sequence.

LHC Procurement Group Limited (LHCPG), acting on behalf of the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA), intends to establish the Refurbishment and Modernisation – Scotland (RM4S) Framework Agreement.

The estimated total value of works, goods and services to be delivered through the framework is £900 million, excluding VAT. This is an estimate only and does not constitute a guarantee of expenditure, work, orders or call-off contracts.

The framework will provide eligible public sector organisations throughout Scotland with a route to procure a broad range of planned and reactive refurbishment, improvement, repair, maintenance and modernisation works, together with associated goods and services, across domestic and non-domestic buildings and their surrounding external areas.

The anticipated scope includes:

painting and decorating;

electrical works;

kitchens, bathrooms and associated works;

aids and adaptations;

damp and mould investigation and remediation;

environmental and external works, including grounds maintenance;

stonework inspection, conservation, repair and maintenance;

reactive repairs and maintenance;

multi-disciplinary refurbishment, improvement, repair and maintenance works; and

the manufacture, supply and delivery of kitchens and associated products on a supply-only basis.

The framework is expected to comprise 16 Lots across 10 Workstreams. Certain Lots will be separated by anticipated call-off contract value bands. Suppliers will be able to tender for the Lots and Scottish regional areas that align with their experience, specialisms, capacity and geographical coverage.

Requirements may include planned maintenance and component replacement programmes, responsive and emergency repairs, property modernisation, compliance-led improvements, accessibility adaptations, environmental improvements, external works, estate and asset management programmes, and integrated projects requiring the coordinated delivery of multiple trades.

Works, goods and services will be supplied through individual call-off contracts awarded by eligible public sector organisations in accordance with the framework agreement. Call-off contracts may be awarded by competitive selection or direct award where permitted by the framework terms. The specific scope, quantity, value, programme, location, technical requirements and delivery arrangements will be defined by the relevant public sector organisation at call-off stage.

CPV: Construction work · Fitted kitchens · Horticultural services · Repair and maintenance services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs · up to 6 yrs from 1 Mar 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 – 1 Mar 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 1 Mar 2033 with extensions
Delivery: ScotlandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Refurbishment and Modernisation (RM4S) - Scotland Framework Agreement” 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 Horticultural services (CPV 7730), and who usually turns up

LHC Procurement Group 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: Horticultural services (CPV 7730) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLHC Procurement Group · this authority
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: division 77 · Scotland, n=21
—86%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 registered in Scotland.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: division 77 · Scotland, n=8
—75%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Scotland.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 77 · UK-wide, n=42
—51 days

Half of these awards were announced within 51 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: division 77 · UK-wide, n=75
—5%

No awards recorded for this authority in this market.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer32 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market28 lots with bid counts · CPV 7730 · Scotland
4% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 4%
Buyer: 0 of 32 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 28 lots with published bid counts.
2–33% / 18%
Buyer: 1 of 32 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 28 lots with published bid counts.
4–63% / 46%
Buyer: 1 of 32 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 28 lots with published bid counts.
7+94% / 32%
Buyer: 30 of 32 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 28 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

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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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 773048 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£900m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

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 28 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet4% single-bid risk
Past bids on 28 similar lots
1 bid4%
1 of 28 similar past lots received 1 bid (4%).
2–318%
5 of 28 similar past lots received 2–3 (18%).
4–646%
13 of 28 similar past lots received 4–6 (46%).
7+32%
9 of 28 similar past lots received 7+ (32%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

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.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

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 match score 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use the vehicle
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
Authority reference
RM4S - LHC0150
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096614
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Construction workFitted kitchensHorticultural servicesRepair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0786b4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

13 Oct 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    13 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
  2. Today
    14 Oct 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 1 day
    15 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Mar 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    13 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LHC Procurement Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWTR-5763-BVJQ 2 Vine Street, Uxbridge, London, UB8 1QEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender