Notice Information
Notice Title
Heat in Buildings Scotland Quality Audit and Assurance Contract
Notice Description
The Scottish Government intends to procure a Quality Assurance and Audit contract to support delivery of the new Heat in Buildings National Scheme
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Scottish Government intends to procure a contract for a single managing agent to deliver a new national scheme ("the scheme") as part of its' Heat in Buildings Programme, which will cover the whole of Scotland. The scheme is due to go live in 2023 and will be centered around the installation of insulation, heating and micro-generation measures and is targeted at those who are in or at risk of fuel poverty. This is a re-procurement of the Warmer Homes Scotland (WHS) contract which will expire on 30 June 2023. The current WHS service is supported by a Quality Assurance and Audit (QAA) contract and the Scottish Government intends to procure a new QAA contract to support delivery of the Heat in Buildings Programme new national scheme. The purpose of the associated QAA service is to give the Scottish Government confidence that the services provided and the installation of measures undertaken under the new national scheme are compliant in terms of both the national scheme contract and the prevailing legal and retrofit industry standards including PAS 2030/2035 and MCS. The successful QAA agent will be required to carry out various different types of on site and desk based inspections, audits and reports. These may include but not be limited to on site Pre-Installation, Post-Installation, Work in Progress inspections as well as desk based audits relating to delivery of the customer journey and analysis of financial information provided by the service provider, including invoices and pricing review evidence.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000701328
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP459699
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
71315300 - Building surveying services
71324000 - Quantity surveying services
72224200 - System quality assurance planning services
72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Nov 2022Expired
- 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 GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- Stuart Riach
- Contact Email
- stuart.riach2@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 8EA
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP459699&idx=1
21st October 2022 - Q and A in relation to the PIN -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP459699
Heat in Buildings Scotland Quality Audit and Assurance Contract - The Scottish Government intends to procure a Quality Assurance and Audit contract to support delivery of the new Heat in Buildings National Scheme
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