Tender

Single Building Assessment Services Rev01

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

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Tender

24 Sep 2025 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Aberdeen City Council has initiated a tender for the 'Single Building Assessment Services Rev01' aimed at assessing over-clad, high-rise blocks within Aberdeen. The procurement, classified under the housing and community amenities sector, falls within the services category. The project adheres to the Scottish Government's Single Building Assessment Specification Document from June 2024. These assessments focus on 27 high-rise and mid-rise residential blocks, with ownership sometimes shared between the Council and private entities. The tender follows an open procurement method, requiring electronic submissions, with a deadline set for the 24th of October 2025, at 12:00 PM. The procurement process is currently at the tender stage, providing opportunities for interested parties to submit their proposals electronically through the specified platform.

This procurement presents substantial business growth opportunities, particularly for organisations involved in building assessment services, cladding analysis, and fire safety. Companies with expertise in providing comprehensive assessment and achieving compliance with the Scottish Government's fire safety guidelines will find this tender particularly suited for their services. Businesses also have the chance to be involved throughout the project's potential four-stage delivery, which includes initial reviews and detailed reporting, concept design for agreed works, and engagement with residents and stakeholders regarding recommendations. This opportunity necessitates organisations to employ or partner with specialised contractors, including high-level access and cladding sub-contractors, thus paving the way for collaborative ventures and enhancing professional service portfolios.

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Notice Title

Single Building Assessment Services Rev01

Notice Description

Aberdeen City Council intends to employ an organisation to undertake Single Building Assessment of various over-clad, high-rise blocks in Aberdeen. These assessments are to conform to the requirements of the Scottish Government's ''Single Building Assessment Specification Document'', June 2024. For some of these blocks, the ownership of these blocks is shared between the Council and a number of private owners.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Aberdeen City Council intends to initially employ an organisation to undertake Single Building Assessment of 27 high-rise and mid-rise blocks with cladding in Aberdeen. These assessments are to conform to the requirements of the Scottish Government's ''Single Building Assessment Specification Document'', June 2024. For 20 of these blocks the ownership of these blocks is shared between the Council and a number of private owners. The clustering, shown within the ITT, illustrates these 27 high-rise and mid-rise blocks with cladding, sub-divided by the nine different cladding contracts that were undertaken at various times, in different areas of the city, since 2001. The appointed organisation will be required to take into account all aspects of: the Scottish Government's ''Practical Fire Safety Guidance For Existing High Rise Domestic Buildings'' February 2022; the Scottish Government's ''Practical Fire Safety Guidance for existing Specialised Housing and similar premises'', February 2022; the ''Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report''; currently implemented Fire risk mitigations measures; and current Scottish Fire and Rescue Services procedures when considering what findings and recommendations are to reported. It is envisaged that the Appointment will be split into four Stages (NB Bidders are advised that the Council may choose to end this Appointment upon completion of any of these Stages): 1. Document reviews, property inspections and the technical findings reports for these 27 blocks, based on the procedures set out in the Scottish Government's ''Single Building Assessment Specification Document'', June 2024 2. Reports of the various options for early actions and longer-term actions so as to mitigate any short-falls that are found for each of these 27 blocks, relative to the ''Single Building Assessment Specification Document'' , with an analysis of advantages and disadvantages and budget costs against each; and advice on risk, based on British Standards Institute's risk definitions, described within ''PAS 79 Fire risk assessment, Guidance and a recommended methodology''; 3. Reports providing action plan advice, with regard to: any proposed measures; priority order in relation to this group of blocks; priority order in relation to individual blocks; advice on risk, based on British Standards Institute's risk definitions, described within ''PAS 79 Fire risk assessment, Guidance and a recommended methodology''. Reports providing recommended future Fire Strategies for each block. 4. The appointed organisation may be required to provide additional advice or services. Such as preparing concept design (to RIBA Stage 2) for any agreed works for each block and assisting in the presentation of the findings and recommendations that have been agreed with the Council to the residents, private owners and other stakeholders. These reports are to be presented as a sequence of drafts, until the findings and recommendations are agreed with the Council, upon which they are to be issued as ''Final''. The appointed organisation may be required to prepare concept design (to RIBA Stage 2) for any agreed works for each block, as a potential variation from the initial commission. The appointed organisation may be required to assist in the presentation of the findings and recommendations that have been agreed with the Council to the residents, private owners and other stakeholders, as a potential future commission. The appointed organisation is to employ those sub-contractors and suppliers that are required to provide a one-stop, solution to the full performance of all the duties and objectives of this procurement. This is to include the employment of (i) high-level access contractor(s) and (ii) cladding opening-up (removal and reinstatement) sub-contractors. Company details of any Reliant Entities are to be provided as part of the SPD submission.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000811017
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP539867
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F2 - Contract 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

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

75 - Administration, defence and social security services


CPV Codes

71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services

71317100 - Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services

75251110 - Fire-prevention services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
24 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
hamish.coull@highland.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1463702189

Buyer Location

Locality
ABERDEEN
Postcode
AB10 1AB
Post Town
Aberdeen
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Delivery Location
TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

Local Authority
Aberdeen City
Electoral Ward
George St/Harbour
Westminster Constituency
Aberdeen South

Further Information

Notice Documents

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