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Framework Agreement - Building Surveying Services and Principal Designer Services

Heriot-Watt University

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

09 Oct 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Tender

30 May 2025 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Heriot-Watt University established a framework for building surveying and principal designer services for its Estates Services. The requirement covers the University’s Edinburgh Campus. Building surveying work sits alongside the principal designer role, bringing together property and construction consultancy services for the University’s estate. The procurement is classified as services, with building surveying identified as the principal work. The framework was structured as a single lot, covering both service areas. The buyer is Heriot-Watt University, an education institution based in Edinburgh. The framework provides a route for the University’s Estates Services to call on appointed consultants for the specified services. The successful framework suppliers are based in Hamilton and Edinburgh.

The procurement is complete and the framework has been awarded following an open procedure. Procast Consulting Ltd, Thomson Gray Construction Consultants and Summers Inman were appointed for the single lot. The contract is active and was signed on 30 January 2025. Its recorded contract value is £120,000; the tender estimate was £110,000. The framework period is 1,800 days. The bid deadline was 30 June 2025 at 12:00. Selection covered suitability and technical criteria; the technical requirement states that service execution is reserved to a particular profession, with further details in the tender documents. The University required bidders to provide the names and qualifications of staff assigned to the work. The award followed 16 bids, all from SMEs.

This award shows demand at Heriot-Watt University for combined building surveying and principal designer support to its Estates Services at the Edinburgh Campus. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate both building surveying capability and the professional qualifications required to act as principal designer. The University explicitly required staff names and qualifications, so firms should be able to identify appropriately qualified personnel for delivery, rather than relying on general corporate experience alone. The three appointed consultancies and the 16 bids, all from SMEs, indicate a competitive market in which specialist small and medium-sized practices can participate. The framework brings two related consultancy disciplines together in one requirement, making breadth across the services—or a suitable delivery partnership—commercially relevant for firms seeking comparable university estate work.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Framework Agreement - Building Surveying Services and Principal Designer Services

Notice Description

The University is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Building Surveying Services and Principal Designer Services to the University Estates Services

Lot Information

Lot 1

The University is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Building Surveying Services and Principal Designer Services to the University Estates Services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000800309
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566389
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services

71315300 - Building surveying services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£110,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£120,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Oct 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
30 Jun 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
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
Heriot-Watt University
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
RICCARTON, EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH14 4AP
Postcode Area
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
Pentland Hills
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Procast Consulting Ltd

Thomson Gray Construction Consultants

Summers Inman

Further Information

Notice Documents

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