Notice Information
Notice Title
SPS-02289 Multi-Discipline Technical Advisor Services for HMP Glasgow
Notice 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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
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 Public Contract Scotland-Tender (PCS-T). Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055117
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034136-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Chris Johnston
- Contact Email
- chris.johnston@prisons.gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1313303779
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9DJ
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh West
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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