Official UK procurement notice
Supplier Engagement Strategy Update - Contractor & Technical Services Frameworks
Authority: Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFurther to stakeholder engagement events held in September 2025 and the previous PIN ID 808590 published, this PIN is to provide an update to the market of the initial outcome of the review, to notify the proposed framework structure and to gauge interest in tender participation for individual lots.
CPV: Architectural design services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Civil engineering machinery · Construction work · Construction work for engineering works except bridges, tunnels, shafts and subways · Demolition, site preparation and clearance work · Electrical engineering installation works · Engineering design services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works · Engineering works and construction works · Environmental engineering consultancy services · +13 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Further to stakeholder engagement CMAL wish to update the market on the initial…Planned
Further to stakeholder engagement CMAL wish to update the market on the initial outcome of the review for the following planned frameworks-
ENGINEERING TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES - 8 Lots.
CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE OF PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MACHINERY IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT - 8 Lots
Please complete the QR code survey hosted in the CMAL website www.cmassets.co.uk ↗ (copy & paste to browser) to provide your feedback in relation to the Lotting structure and to record your interest in the preferred 2 Lots within the applicable Framework that your organisation is most likely to bid for.
The Supplier Development Programme runs a range of free ‘core’ tender training, through webinars and E-learning, exclusively for Scottish-based SMEs and third sector organisations. This includes introductory modules for those with little or no experience in tendering, as well as more advanced modules for those looking to improve their tender win rate or expand into new markets. Log onto www.sdpscotland.co.uk ↗ to get started for free today. Additional information: COMMUNITY BENEFITS Info can be found www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/02… ↗ &
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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).
- “Supplier Engagement Strategy Update - Contractor & Technical Services…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility) buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility)’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: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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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 registered in Scotland.
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 96 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid6%
2–317%
4–628%
7+49%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
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.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Further to stakeholder engagement CMAL wish to update the market on the initial…Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 324 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid6%
2–317%
4–628%
7+49%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
- Authority reference
CMAL0319 & CMAL0330- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061767- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c15aFind a Tender
Publisher note: Please refer to the attached document for details of the Framework Agreement Lotting structure. CMAL greatly appreciate responses to our survey which will be live from 1st to 17th July 2026. Completing the survey is your chance to provide us with your thoughts and feedback in relation to the initial review, the lotting structure and to record your organisations interest in participating in bidding for a maximum number of Lots for the Framework Agreement most applicable to your organisation. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=834023. (SC Ref:834023)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 14 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 13:59 BST
- Tender notice expected69 days ago14 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.