Award

Building Surveying Services

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

02 Apr 2025 at 13:41

Tender

14 Jan 2025 at 09:27

Summary of the contracting process

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), located in Inverness, has awarded a framework contract for Building Surveying Services, valued at approximately GBP 451,216, to Hardies Property & Construction Consultants. The framework covers a range of services including building consultancy, health and safety management, energy efficiency assessments, construction management, and architectural design, with activities throughout the regions of Argyll and the Islands, Caithness and Sutherland, Inner Moray Firth, Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross, and Moray. The contract runs from 7th April 2025 until 6th April 2028, with an optional one-year extension, and the procurement was conducted through an open procedure.

This awarded tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specializing in building surveying and related services. Firms can leverage this contract to expand their portfolio in crucial Scottish regions, benefiting from the long-term, wide-ranging consultancy work included in the framework. Companies focused on sustainable practices, prompt service delivery, and community benefits are well-suited to thrive under this contract, which prioritizes such criteria. SMEs, particularly those with innovative approaches to architectural and consultancy services, stand to benefit from participation in HIE's future procurement processes, as seen in the inclusive nature of this award.

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Notice Title

Building Surveying Services

Notice Description

Activities may include Ad-hoc building consultancy including surveys and condition schedules, Dilapidations, Management of Health and Safety, Energy Efficiency, Reinstatement Cost Assessments (RCA), Condition Surveys, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Managing construction works, Architectural Design services and Procurement of tenders. The Framework has a start date of 7.4.2025 and an end date of 6.4.2028 plus an optional 12 month extension.

Lot Information

Lot 1

THIS FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN AWARDED. The figure used in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated Framework value including the optional extension period. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Options: HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services particularly with regard to demand and budgetary availability or where HIE's strategic focus changes as a result of changes in Scottish Government policy or as a result of a direction given to them by the Scottish Government. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This may result in amendments to requirements under the Framework, including but not limited to: - reduction/ removal of Services, e.g., HIE actioning more of the services or elements of the services themselves - the addition of similar Services - increasing the volume of Services

Renewal: It is expected that these services will be required from April 2025 for an initial period of 3 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework agreement, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cfbc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012546-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services

71315300 - Building surveying services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£451,216 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
18 Feb 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Apr 202510 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the framework or at the end of the Framework, including any extension period.

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE
Additional Buyers

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN (SCOTLAND) LTD

INVERNESS CAMPUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION

WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND LIMITED

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
hieprocurement@hient.co.uk, icoa@hient.co.uk, info@caingormmountain.co.uk, wesprocurement@hient.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1463245245, +44 1463383084, +44 1479861261

Buyer Location

Locality
INVERNESS
Postcode
IV2 5NA
Post Town
Inverness
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM2 Highlands and Islands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM20 Highlands and Islands
Delivery Location
TLM61 Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty, TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey, TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute

Local Authority
Highland
Electoral Ward
Inverness South
Westminster Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HARDIES PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS

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