Official UK procurement notice
Sheriff Officer Services 2026 - 2030
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is seeking to put in place a Framework Agreement to fulfil its requirement to provide Sheriff Officer Services across various services including Enterprise and Communities and Legal and Democratic Services. This requirement is to fulfil its legal obligations in relation to a number of functions required to be carried out by Sheriff Officers.
CPV: Legal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 5 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (2.5 per place) · 2 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Hamilton Sheriff CourtAwardedRenewal
Sheriff Officer Services within the jurisdiction of Hamilton Sheriff Court. The services required under this Framework Agreement and any resultant Call Off Contract, include but are not to be restricted to:
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Service or intimation of documents
Ejection
Citation
Diligence
Charges for Payment
Earnings Arrestment
Attachment
Auction
Arrestment
Inhibition
Foreign Citation
Tracing and Enquiries
Pre-sue Reporting Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #2Airdrie Sheriff CourtAwardedRenewal
The services required under this Framework Agreement and any resultant Call Off Contract, include but are not to be restricted to:
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Service or intimation of documents
Ejection
Citation
Diligence
Charges for Payment
Earnings Arrestment
Attachment
Auction
Arrestment
Inhibition
Foreign Citation
Tracing and Enquiries
Pre-sue Reporting Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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: 100
- Price: 0
- Suitability
All service providers must have Membership of the Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.
- Technical & professional ability
The services can only be provided from an external service provider who are Members of the Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Sheriff Officer Services 2026 - 2030” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 7 Oct 2025, 10:32 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2026, 09:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Nov 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NLC-CPT-25-046- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031276- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a94eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Tenderers must indicate in the Pricing Schedule that they agree that fees payable will be subject to the fees under the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules 2015 and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2016 and any subsequent updates/amendments. This is a pass/fail condition of appointment to the Framework. (SC Ref:828526)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
11 Nov 2025 → 7 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period ends350 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown11 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened350 days ago11 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published203 days ago7 Apr 2026, 09:47 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete7 Apr 2026, 09:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £440,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Hamilton Sheriff Court
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Airdrie Sheriff Court
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Hamilton Sheriff Court | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Airdrie Sheriff Court | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Graham Stewart & COFramework contractor
- Malcolm J BoydFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria