Official UK procurement notice
Strategic Estates Space Review Consultancy
Authority: Queen Margaret University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen Margaret University is seeking to procure consultancy services for a strategic estates space review.
The consultancy services consist of an initial review and report under 3 work streams:
Work stream A – Specialist Space
Work stream B – Learning Resources Centre (LRC)
Work stream C – Offices & Workspace
There will also be associated projects under the RIBA Plan of Work 2020.
CPV: Design consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Primary Objectives:AwardedRenewal
Primary Objectives:
-To assess current functional suitability of spaces to deliver educationally rich learning and teaching, support diverse research and provide a positive workplace environment.
-To categorise the level of change which will support and inform investment in modification and adaptation of space as part of the University Infrastructure Strategy (IS) and to feed into the Strategic Investment Plan (SIP).
Key Outcomes:
Workstream A – Specialist Space
- Assessment and evaluation of the current pressures on specialist space and their functional suitability and capture implications of plans for future growth.
- Outline proposals for discrete projects to address issues identified.
- Prioritisation of projects and a creation of a programme for delivery taking account of deliverability constraints.
Workstream B – Learning Resources Centre (LRC)
- Assessment and evaluation of the current utilisation and layout of the LRC, opportunities for improved layout and design which supports student centred learning, improves functional suitability and delivers an enriched educational experience.
- Outline proposals to address issues identified.
- A phased programme for project delivery taking account of deliverability constraints.
Workstream C – Offices & Workspace
- Capacity assessment for future growth in staff accounting for scenarios for fractional contracts and hybrid working and adoption of agile working.
- Development of revised workspace planning model to account for:
a. implementation of digital strategy
b. activity based workplace
c. neurodiversity
3.FF&E specification and selection to deliver model as pilot.
All three workstreams should include 2D drawings and 3D models and visualisations as required to convey the proposals.
Measurement of Outcomes:
The achievement of the outcomes will be measured through a series of feedback mechanisms e.g. NSS, staff surveys, stakeholder lessons learned sessions, post-occupancy evaluation. Where these are regular surveys, benchmarking to demonstrate improvement in satisfaction will be undertaken. Where proof of concepts or pilots are utilised, these will be utilised where practical before design of final proposals.
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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Project Resources: 20%
- Fair Work: 5%
- Quality Assurance: 15%
- Project Services Methodology: 20%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Project Resources: 20%
- Fair Work: 5%
- Quality Assurance: 15%
- Project Services Methodology: 20%
- Price: 40%
- Economic & financial standing
Professional Indemnity, Employers Liability and Professional Liability levels of GBP5million per instance
Minimum: Ability to obtain insurance by time of contract award - Technical & professional ability
Please provide 3 case studies of projects of similar size and nature completed by your organisation within the past 5 years. Preference should be given to further/higher education, orientated towards strategic review of space.
Please provide details of:
- Client Contact details
- Value
- Date completed (Practical Completion)
- Services provided
- Office project./commission managed from.
- Involvement of personnel proposed for the project
- Form of Contract
- Brief description of the project highlighting relevance to the strategic space review
- How sustainability standards were embedded
- Added value and key/notable achievements achieved by your team
Minimum: Bidders must score 50% across the 3 case studies to progress to the Technical and Commercial evaluation
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- 25 Feb 2022, 10:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2022, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2022 – …
- Authority reference
QMU-22970- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015799- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031b1cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:696226)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Mar 2022 → 8 Jun 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts15 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published8 Jun 2022, 15:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Jun 2022, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADPSMESubcontracting: Some elements of space consultancy | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015799-2022-QMU-22970-1 · ADPSME
- Signed
- 16 May 2022
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 14 Apr 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Objectives: | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 5 | — | £62,687 – £89,195 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £35,750 – £89,195 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ADPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.