Official UK procurement notice
Single Building Assessment Services
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen City Council intends to employ an organisation to undertake Single Building Assessment of 22 over-clad, high-rise
blocks in Aberdeen. These assessments are to conform to the requirements of the Scottish Government’s ‘’Single Building Assessment
Specification Document’’, June 2024. For 20 of these blocks the ownership of these blocks is shared between the Council and a number of private owners.
CPV: Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The clustering, shown below, illustrates these 22 over-clad, high-rise blocks,…Cancelled
The clustering, shown below, illustrates these 22 over-clad, high-rise blocks, sub-divided by the seven different over-cladding contracts
that were undertaken at various times, in different areas of the city, since 2001:
Cluster1
- LORD HAY'S COURT
Cluster 2
- BALGOWNIE COURT
- INVERDON COURT
- ST NINIAN COURT
Cluster 3
- BRIMMOND COURT
- GRAMPIAN COURT
- MORVEN COURT
Cluster 4
- CAIRNCRY COURT
- CORNHILL COURT
- ROSEHILL COURT
- STOCKETHILL COURT
Cluster 5
- LINKSFIELD COURT
- PROMENADE COURT
- REGENT COURT
Cluster 6
- AULTON COURT
- BAYVIEW COURT
- BEACHVIEW COURT
- NORTH SEA COURT
Cluster 7
- WALLACE HOUSE
- BRUCE HOUSE
- DAVIDSON HOUSE
- ROSE HOUSE
The appointed organisation will be required to take into account all aspects of: the Scottish Government’s ‘’Practical Fire Safety Guidance
For Existing High Rise Domestic Buildings’’ February 2022; the Scottish Government’s ‘’Practical Fire Safety Guidance for existing
Specialised Housing and similar premises’’, February 2022; the ‘’Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report’’; currently implemented Fire
risk mitigations measures; and current Scottish Fire and Rescue Services procedures when considering what findings and recommendations
are to reported.
It is envisaged that the Appointment will be split into four Stages (NB Bidders are advised that the Council may choose to end this
Appointment upon completion of any of these Stages):
Document reviews, inspections and the technical findings reports for the 22 high rise blocks, based on the procedures set out in the Scottish
Government’s ‘’Single Building Assessment Specification Document’’, June 2024
Reports of the various options for mitigating any short-falls that are found for each of the 22 high rise blocks, relative to the ‘’Single
Building Assessment Specification Document’’ , with an analysis of advantages and disadvantages and budget costs against each;
Reports providing action plan advice, with regard to: any proposed measures; priority order in relation to this group of blocks; priority
order in relation to individual blocks; advice on risk, based on British Standards Institute’s risk definitions, described within ‘’PAS 79 Fire
risk assessment, Guidance and a recommended methodology‘’. Reports providing recommended future Fire Strategies for each block.
The appointed organisation may be required to provide additional advice or services. Such as preparing concept design (to RIBA Stage 2)
for any agreed works for each block and assisting in the presentation of the findings and recommendations that have been agreed with the
Council to the residents, private owners and other stakeholders.
These reports are to be presented as a sequence of drafts, until the findings and recommendations are agreed with the Council, upon which
they are to be issued as ‘’Final’’.
The appointed organisation is to employ those sub-contractors and suppliers that are required to provide a one-stop, solution to the full
performance of all the duties and objectives of this procurement. Company details of any Reliant Entities are to be provided as part of the SPD submission.
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)
- Quality Score (as detailed in the ITT): 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Score (as detailed in the ITT): 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
Bidders are required to confirm that they (i) have already obtained; or (ii) can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, entry on the Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers list. Organisations on the authorised list have provided assurance that their SBA Assessment and Reporting team can satisfy the criteria set out in Section 2.8 of the Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Please note the contract cannot be awarded if the potential supplier has not successfully achieved a place on the authorised list.
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders are required to confirm that they (i) have already obtained; or (ii) can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, entry on the Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers list. Organisations on the authorised list have provided assurance that their SBA Assessment and Reporting team can satisfy the criteria set out in Section 2.8 of the Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Please note the contract cannot be awarded if the potential supplier has not successfully achieved a place on the authorised list.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 15 Sept 2025, 11:08 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Oct 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CRN00041487- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059063- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a12Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:811061)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
24 Sept 2025 → 26 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published398 days ago24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
- Submission deadline368 days ago24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened368 days ago24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts275 days ago26 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
Published amendments (1)
Tender Clarification Note We would like to clarify to all potential bidders, regarding the core contract for 22no blocks referred to throughout the tender documents and information. It should be noted that this 22no relates to the initial core work that is being tendered. This 22no blocks may be subject to post-contract variation, leading to approximately 27no blocks being instructed overall. T…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria