Notice Information
Notice Title
Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Inspections & Related Works - 2025
Notice Description
The Council wishes to appoint 1 Contractor for each Lot, submitting the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT), to provide Services & Works, for the Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) Inspections & Related Works for the Highland Council Area (EICRI). The Contract shall be divided into lots by geographical area as follows: Lot 1 Inverness & Nairn Areas [I&N] Lot 2 Skye & Lochalsh and Ross & Cromarty Areas [SL&RC] Lot 3 Caithness & Sutherland Areas [C&S] Lot 4 Lochaber & Badenoch and Strathspey Areas [LB&S] The Contract shall be for a 24-month period, with the option of multiple extensions to be extended by up to 24-months, subject to mutual agreement. The option of multiple extensions may be exercised by the Council giving written notice to the Supplier to that effect, not less than 3-month before the contract would otherwise expire.
Lot Information
Lot 1 Inverness & Nairn Areas [I&N]
This Lot 1 covers in the region of 2,621 properties in Inverness and Nairn with approximately 1,572 properties in Year One and approximately 1,049 properties in Year Two. The address lists will be issued to the contractor electronically in batches by the CA, based on priority, as the list is subject to live changes on a regular basis - i.e. voids, heating installations, mutual exchanges. The contractor shall be issued each batch of address list as the previous list approaches full compliance. For contractor route optimisation and programming planning purposes these shall be issued to the contractor at a mutually agreeable timescale. It should be noted that these numbers are not guaranteed. Some properties may be added or omitted during the currency of the contract i.e. recent new build properties may be added and demolished or properties that have been rewired may be omitted. Additional information: Please refer in full to the ITT, SPD Instruction Document and Tender Documents.
Renewal: The Contract shall be for a 24-month period, with the option of multiple extensions to be extended by up to 24-months, subject to mutual agreement. The option of multiple extensions may be exercised by the Council giving written notice to the Supplier to that effect, not less than 3-month before the contract would otherwise expire.
Lot 2 Skye & Lochalsh and Ross & Cromarty Areas [SL&RC]This Lot 2 covers in the region of 2,263 properties in Skye And Lochalsh & Ross And Cromarty Areas with approximately 1,359 properties in Year One and approximately 904 properties in Year Two. The address lists will be issued to the contractor electronically in batches by the CA, based on priority, as the list is subject to live changes on a regular basis - i.e. voids, heating installations, mutual exchanges. The contractor shall be issued each batch of address list as the previous list approaches full compliance. For contractor route optimisation and programming planning purposes these shall be issued to the contractor at a mutually agreeable timescale. It should be noted that these numbers are not guaranteed. Some properties may be added or omitted during the currency of the contract i.e. recent new build properties may be added and demolished or properties that have been rewired may be omitted. Additional information: Please refer in full to the ITT, SPD Instruction Document and Tender Documents.
Renewal: The Contract shall be for a 24-month period, with the option of multiple extensions to be extended by up to 24-months, subject to mutual agreement. The option of multiple extensions may be exercised by the Council giving written notice to the Supplier to that effect, not less than 3-month before the contract would otherwise expire.
Lot 3 Caithness & Sutherland Areas [C&S]This Lot 3 covers in the region of 1,424 properties in Caithness And Sutherland Areas with approximately 855 properties in Year One and approximately 569 properties in Year Two. The address lists will be issued to the contractor electronically in batches by the CA, based on priority, as the list is subject to live changes on a regular basis - i.e. voids, heating installations, mutual exchanges. The contractor shall be issued each batch of address list as the previous list approaches full compliance. For contractor route optimisation and programming planning purposes these shall be issued to the contractor at a mutually agreeable timescale. It should be noted that these numbers are not guaranteed. Some properties may be added or omitted during the currency of the contract i.e. recent new build properties may be added and demolished or properties that have been rewired may be omitted. Additional information: Please refer in full to the ITT, SPD Instruction Document and Tender Documents.
Renewal: The Contract shall be for a 24-month period, with the option of multiple extensions to be extended by up to 24-months, subject to mutual agreement. The option of multiple extensions may be exercised by the Council giving written notice to the Supplier to that effect, not less than 3-month before the contract would otherwise expire.
Lot 4 Lochaber & Badenoch and Strathspey Areas [LB&S]This Lot 4 covers in the region of 1,689 properties in Lochaber & Badenoch and Strathspey Areas with approximately 1,013 properties in Year One and approximately 676 properties in Year Two. The address lists will be issued to the contractor electronically in batches by the CA, based on priority, as the list is subject to live changes on a regular basis - i.e. voids, heating installations, mutual exchanges. The contractor shall be issued each batch of address list as the previous list approaches full compliance. For contractor route optimisation and programming planning purposes these shall be issued to the contractor at a mutually agreeable timescale. It should be noted that these numbers are not guaranteed. Some properties may be added or omitted during the currency of the contract i.e. recent new build properties may be added and demolished or properties that have been rewired may be omitted. Additional information: Please refer in full to the ITT, SPD Instruction Document and Tender Documents.
Renewal: The Contract shall be for a 24-month period, with the option of multiple extensions to be extended by up to 24-months, subject to mutual agreement. The option of multiple extensions may be exercised by the Council giving written notice to the Supplier to that effect, not less than 3-month before the contract would otherwise expire.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e266
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074367-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50711000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- The Contract Notice for future competition of recurring requirements will be published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE HIGHLAND COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Lysanne Reid
- Contact Email
- housing.electrical@highland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV3 5NX
- 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
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness West
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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