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Published 10 Nov 2025, 12:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Single Building Assessment - Approved Assessor and Verifier

Official notice

Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£725,000exc. VAT28.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2025awarded 26 Mar 2026
Awarded to FIRNTEC LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renfrewshire Council has the requirement to appoint a Scottish Government Approved consultant to undertake up to 14 Single Building Assessments (SBA's) in accordance with the procedures set out in the Scottish Government Technical Guidance.

CPV: Building consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renfrewshire Council has the requirement to appoint an approved Scottish Government…AwardedPublished value£725,000

Renfrewshire Council has the requirement to appoint an approved Scottish Government Single Building Assessment Consultant to carry out Single Building Assessments to 14 High Rises across Renfrewshire. These assessments are required to be carried out as part of the Cladding Remediation Programme that is administered by the Scottish Government.

The Consultant appointed will carry out an initial gateway assessment to determine if a full single building assessment is required. If a full Single Building Assessment is required, they will carry this out and then the work will be verified by a different consultant from the appointed organisation.

The Assessment and Verification process must be carried out in line with the Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment Specification.

Tenderers will provide a fixed price for the following:

Initial Gateway Assessment

Full Single Building Assessment

Peer Review of Single Building Assessment

Tenderers bidding for this Contract must be Scottish Government Approved Single Building Assessment Consultants. Additional information: Tenderers must be Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers to bid for this Contract.

Delivery: Scotland · Renfrewshire
Variant 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 (7)
  • Methodology and Approach - Assessment: 30%
  • Methodology and Approach - Verification: 15%
  • Programme: 15%
  • Fair Work First: 5%
  • Community Benefits Outcome Menu: 2%
  • Community Benefits Methodology: 3%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (7)
  • Methodology and Approach - Assessment: 30
  • Methodology and Approach - Verification: 15
  • Programme: 15
  • Fair Work First: 5
  • Community Benefits Outcome Menu: 2
  • Community Benefits Methodology: 3
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Tenderers must be Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers.

    As part of the Cladding Remediation Programme Single Open Call the Scottish Government has established the following list of authorised SBA organisations that can provide quotes and conduct a grant funded SBA.

    As part of the evaluation process, Renfrewshire Council will be evaluating as part of the Qualification Section whether tenderers are Single Building Assessment Approved.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Tenderers must be Single Building Assessment approved provider of the Scottish Government Cladding Remediation Programme Single Open Call.

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Nov 2025, 12:25 GMT
Last source update
30 Mar 2026, 16:06 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Dec 2025 – …
Authority reference
RC-CPU-25-089
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029261
Classification (CPV)
Building consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dda0 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

This Contract will monitor Community Benefits and Fair Work First.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers or risk suffering, loss or damage attributable to breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446, as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session in accordance with Regulation 88 of the 2015 Regulations.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:828028)

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

Timeline

10 Dec 2025 → 8 May 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline319 days ago
    10 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened319 days ago
    10 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published209 days ago
    30 Mar 2026, 16:06 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until170 days ago
    8 May 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Mar 2026, 16:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £516,4501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 71 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FIRNTEC LTD£516,450 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029261-2026-RC-CPU-25-089-1 · FIRNTEC LTD

    Signed
    26 Mar 2026
    Value
    £516,450
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Renfrewshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 1JBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview contact point Edinburgh
  • Please refer to VI.4.3 belowMediation bodyReview body UK

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Firntec LtdAwarded supplier Unit 4A, Darklake View, Estover, Plymouth, South West, PL6 7TLContact 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