Notice Information
Notice Title
Hard Landscaping - Victorian Palm House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Notice Description
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh wishes to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake hard landscaping works who can demonstrate their ability to deliver high quality craftsmanship in and around soft landscape schemes. The works will be carried out under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract conditions.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Victorian Palm House (VPH) at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh is currently undergoing significant refurbishment of the building envelope, due for completion in Summer 2025. The VPH building is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture and engineering, with it being listed as Category A. The Scope of Works in this project is to complete a high-quality fit out of the internal hard landscaping and furniture elements. The VPH will be the first building in the BIOMES project to restore the collection of North-East corner glasshouses and will welcome paying visitors to the site after a number of years with no access. The project will be a major showpiece to RBGE and subject to significant press and marketing campaigns to increase visitor numbers and funding for refurbishment projects to the wider gardens. The VPH occupies an internal footprint of 655m2 and features recently refurbished cast iron columns and a heating trench complete with new infrastructure to heat the glasshouse. The works will all be carried out at FFL of the building with exception to any vertical planting systems. There will also be a requirement for some external works in order to facilitate access to the site by the Public. The site therefore covers the Victorian Palm House, surrounding area externally to the southwest and some satellite areas of external hard surfacing. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh wishes to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake hard landscaping works who can demonstrate their ability to deliver high quality craftsmanship in and around soft landscape schemes. The works will be carried out under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract conditions.
Renewal: RBGE reserve the right to extend the contract duration if required
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000787686
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP538167
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
45112700 - Landscaping work
71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £230,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £230,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £390,771 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Aug 20255 months ago
- Contract Period
- 25 Aug 2025 - 27 Feb 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH
- Contact Name
- Antonia Hynd
- Contact Email
- ahynd@rbge.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312482909
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH3 5LR
- 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
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Inverleith
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JAN522091&idx=1
20th January 2025 - Single Procurement Document to be completed and returned -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JAN522091&idx=2
20th January 2025 - Guidance Notes to assist with successful SPD completion -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN522091
Hard Landscaping - Victorian Palm House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh wishes to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake hard landscaping works who can demonstrate their ability to deliver high quality craftsmanship in and around soft landscape schemes. The works will be carried out under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract conditions. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP538167
Hard Landscaping - Victorian Palm House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh wishes to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake hard landscaping works who can demonstrate their ability to deliver high quality craftsmanship in and around soft landscape schemes. The works will be carried out under NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract conditions.
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