Official UK procurement notice
Removals and Storage Framework Agreement
Authority: West Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionWhen an individual or a family group present as homeless, the council has a legal duty under the Housing Scotland Act (1987) to provide services to remove and/or store furniture and personal belongings for clients. Due to the nature of the works involved in providing the service, the council cannot provide this service in house and therefore need to outsource this requirement and appoint a suitably experienced supplier to provide the service on behalf of the council.
CPV: Storage and warehousing services · Storage services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot One (Domestic Removals and Storage)AwardedRenewal
The nature of the work involved will vary depending on the nature of the request to remove and store items but will cover situations such as homelessness, decants for improvement works to be carried out and other ad hoc situations such as abandonments and other routine tenancy changes.
We seek to appoint one supplier to this lot.
Lot #2Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Two (House to House Moves)AwardedRenewal
The Authority may use this framework to move a tenant’s furniture to a more suitable tenancy due to the house being unsuitable due to personal needs. The framework may also be used when the Authority needs to decant a tenant to a different property due to remedial or emergency repairs. In these situations, the tenant’s belongings may either be required to be stored or moved to another property dependant on the situation. In the event that belongings are required to be stored in a storage facility, this service will be covered under Lot 1 of this framework agreement.
We seek to appoint 3 suppliers to this lot.
Lot #3Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Three (Large Office and School Moves Including Crate Hire)AwardedRenewal
This lot is for non-residential properties only and will include office buildings, schools, community centres and other location within the Authority's property portfolio. The service will include removal of office furniture, including the supply of storage boxes and crates, from Authority buildings and transport these to another area of the same building or to a different property.
We seek to appoint three suppliers to this lot.
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 25%
- price: 75%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 25
- Price: 75
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Removals and Storage Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Mar 2025, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Apr 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CC14006- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042629- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea26Find a Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:805212)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 Apr 2025 → 24 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published24 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £800,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot One (Domestic Removals and Storage)
- Signed
- 18 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Two (House to House Moves)
- Signed
- 18 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Three (Large Office and School Moves Including Crate Hire)
- Signed
- 18 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot One (Domestic Removals and Storage) | 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Two (House to House Moves) | 1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 3 · Removals and Storage Framework Agreement - Lot Three (Large Office and School Moves Including Crate Hire) | 4bids · 0 electronic · 4 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Business MovesFramework contractor
- Johnsons 1871 LtdFramework contractor
- Restore Harrow GreenFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.