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title: "SPS-02289 Multi-Discipline Technical Advisor Services for HMP Glasgow"
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# SPS-02289 Multi-Discipline Technical Advisor Services for HMP Glasgow

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sps-02289-multi-discipline-technical-advisor-services-for-hmp-glasgow-ocds-h6vhtk-055117). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Prison Service: "SPS-02289 Multi-Discipline Technical Advisor Services for HMP Glasgow". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Prison Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-prison-service-GB-FTS-68977)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Structural engineering consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055117`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sps-02289-multi-discipline-technical-advisor-services-for-hmp-glasgow-ocds-h6vhtk-055117#tl-md)

## Description
The delivery of HMP Glasgow as a replacement for HMP Barlinnie is a flagship project for the Scottish Prison Service. The site of the new prison, located in the Provanmill area of Glasgow, was acquired in late 2020 and procurement activity commenced in October 2021.  Following a two-stage process, Kier Construction Limited were awarded a contract to provide pre-construction services in August 2022 to develop a design for the facility to RIBA Stage 4 and were awarded the contract for the construction stage in January 2025.
The project has moved into RIBA Stage 5and works are progressing on and off-site to facilitate the development.  With the Design Team being directly appointed by the Contractor, and there being no retained services, the Client requires a suitably skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team to work alongside them as a Technical Advisor, offering professional technical advice to the Client Team, monitoring the technical design for compliance with the Contract, carrying out technical reviews of all design documentation provided by the Contractor,  and in conjunction with the appointed Clerk of Works team (with whom they will form the Quality Assurance Team), ensuring quality. This includes participating in the review of all construction stage design documentation provided by the Contractor delivering a m.
The Supplier will be responsible for ensuring the detailed inspection of the Works in progress and to ensure that the Works comply with, and are executed in accordance with, the works scope and contract drawings. The Supplier will required to ensure that the specified standard of workmanship is maintained, that the building specifications including building fabric, services, systems, plant and materials used are of the specified quality and functionality and that the work and construction throughout complies with the Scope and the other requirements of the Contract and that all essential facts relating to the work are properly recorded.
The Supplier shall be present on site at the intimated time frequency during works contract through to three months after handover, with an intermittent site presence thereafter to check for defect issues up to the issue of the Notice of Completion of Making Good and for oversight of seasonal commissioning. Suitable delegation may be required including when attending scheduled visits to locations outside the working areas or to locations elsewhere in the UK for the purposes of providing the Service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The SPS will commence this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders on ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034136-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-20T14:31:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:30:30.312Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055117