Official UK procurement notice
Single Building Assessment(s) for Fire Safety in Scotland
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government have made a commitment from March 2021 to provide support where risks, due to unsafe cladding systems on external walls have been identified. The Single Building Assessment (SBA) programme has been introduced to carry out fully funded safety assessments to determine private residential multi-occupancy buildings with a fire safety risk. The assessment will produce a report that will identify the extent of risk and recommendations for any repairs needed to make buildings safer.
CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Building surveying services · Equipment for scaffolding · Scaffolding · Scaffolding structures · Scaffolding work · Survey services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scottish Government are looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System to host a…Renewal
Scottish Government are looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System to host a bank of appropriately qualified suppliers to provide Single Building Assessments (SBAs) on private residential multi-occupancy buildings.
These assessments will require on-site surveying and intrusive material sampling (where required) to provide and assess risk due to unsafe cladding systems on external walls. The single building assessment also requires a holistic fire safety risk assessment to be carried out on the entire building. As an output a report will be produced that assesses the level of risk posed (if any identified) and will provide suggested recommendations for any remediation works needed to make the building safer and in line with current building standards in Scotland. .
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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 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).
- Quality: 40% - 80%
- Price: 20% - 60%
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance Liabilities will be taken on a risk based approach for each contract call-off under the DPS.
The potential types of insurance that maybe required are indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance
Public Liability Insurance
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Financial Assessment will be taken on a risk based approach for each contract call-off under the DPS.
- “Single Building Assessment(s) for Fire Safety in Scotland” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Scottish Government buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
Scottish Government’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 91 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
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Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17% / 2%
2–338% / 9%
4–617% / 25%
7+29% / 64%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
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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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Scottish Government are looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System to host a…CPV 7131Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid13%
2–342%
4–623%
7+22%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £93m19 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £11k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £160k2 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £160k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £6.5m21 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £6.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £8.2m16 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £117k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Tetra TechLarge | £3.1m24 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £3.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 23% above n=3 |
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 earlier-work matches 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Nov 2022, 13:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2023, 14:12 GMT
- Authority reference
CASE/632370- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001697- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03897aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: **Please note within the Qualification Envelope of PCS-T we will request information on Supply Chain Management/Prompt Payment tenderers must submit responses to this question contained in the SPD (Scotland) under section 1.73 (Qualification Envelope in PCS-T). A ‘Pass/Fail’ score will be awarded to the Supply Chain Management/Prompt Payment question (unless it is stipulated as NON-Applicable as they do not operate supply chain as part of their delivery. Only tenders that achieve a ‘Pass’ or stipulate as Non-Applicable) for this section in the SPD (Scotland) will proceed to having rest of their qualification submission evaluated. Also as part of the qualification envelope (PCS_T) you will be required to answer question 1.72 for Fair Work First. Your responses are required for information purposes only and are not part of the selection criteria. The system for establishing and on-boarding suppliers to the Single Building Assessment(s) for Fire Safety in Scotland DPS will operate fully electronically using the PCS-Tender system Project Code 23090. Organisations who use the DPS for call-offs will issue them electronically. Many organisations use PCS-Tender, however for those organisations who do not use PCS-Tender, alternative electronic routes may also be used and are acceptable. All participants awarded a place the DPS will be invited to all contract opportunities within the DPS. The Dynamic Purchasing System will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies) Suppliers will be required to have or obtain prior to applying for any call off contract through this DPS the following:. RICS surveyors who have passed the EWS1 training model for buildings over 11 Metres + or equivalent Chartered Fire Engineers with the IFE (or other appropriate organisation) for buildings over 18 Metres+ or equivalent The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 23090. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: Will be considered at Call Off Stage The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: Will be considered at Call Off Stage (SC Ref:716549)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 18 Jan 2028, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 1800 days from the deadline
Timeline
19 Dec 2022 → 18 Jan 2028 · 4 dates- Next notice expected19 Dec 2022
- Notice published19 Jan 2023, 14:12 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Invitations to tender expected18 Jan 2028
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown18 Jan 2028, 12:00 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2023- Status changed to active19 Jan 2023, 14:12 GMT
- Procurement method changed19 Jan 2023, 14:12 GMT
- Deadline published: 18 Jan 2028, 12:00 GMT19 Jan 2023, 14:12 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.