Notice Information
Notice Title
Inverness Campus Phase 2 Infrastructure Design Team
Notice Description
Form and lead a design team including Architect, Civil/Structural Engineer, Principal Designer, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Landscape Architect (all to RIBA Stage 4 and Tender Pack). The contract has a start date of 9.2.2026 and an end date of 8.2.2027 plus 1 optional 6 month extension.
Lot Information
Lot 1
It is expected that these services will be required from January 2026 for an initial period of 12 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 6 months following the Initial Term. The value in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated total spend inclusive of an additional 15% client risk. 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: - removal of Services - addition of similar Services such as those required to gain Planning approval - increasing or decreasing the Services specifying the order in which the services are to be performed
Renewal: It is expected that these services will be required from January 2026 for an initial period of 12 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 6 months following the Initial Term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059f2a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011819-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71220000 - Architectural design services
71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
71420000 - Landscape architectural services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £256,777 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1463383189
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
- TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness South
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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