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Published 14 May 2025, 11:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Scottish Canals - Hard Service Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Canals

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Jun 2025awarded 14 Aug 2025
Awarded to IDM ENERGY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Scottish Canals is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) in respect of establishing a contract for Hard Services Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) for Scottish Canals which will outline the scheduled maintenance for statutory compliance obligations, servicing, inspections, and repairs of critical infrastructure and mechanical & electrical and property related assets across the Estate.

  • Recurrence: Will re-tender approx 6 months prior to expiry

CPV: Repair and maintenance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Scottish Canals, is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) in respect of establishing…AwardedRenewal

Scottish Canals, is issuing this Invitation to Tender (ITT) in respect of establishing a contract for Hard Services Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) for Scottish Canals which will outline the scheduled maintenance for statutory compliance obligations, servicing, inspections, and repairs of critical infrastructure and mechanical & electrical and property related assets across the Estate.

Delivery: Scotland · This requirement will cover the entire canal network in Scotland
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensionsVariant 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Response: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Response: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • 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 · Will re-tender approx 6 months prior to expiry
First published
14 May 2025, 11:24 BST
Last source update
4 Sept 2025, 10:04 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
SC0113
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053782
Classification (CPV)
Repair and maintenance services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0512d3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:809232)

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

Timeline

13 Jun 2025 → 31 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    4 Sept 2025, 10:04 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until355 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Sept 2025, 10:04 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 97 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
IDM ENERGY LIMITEDSME£2,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 053782-2025-SC0113-1 · IDM ENERGY LIMITEDSME

    Signed
    14 Aug 2025
    Value
    £2,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Canals

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Canal House, 1 Applecross Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 9SPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • IDM ENERGY LIMITEDAwarded supplier 4A Seafield Road, Inverness, IV1 1SG, Inverness, Scotland, IV1 1SGContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria