Award

Single Building Assessment Services Rev01

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL

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Award

22 Apr 2026 at 00:00

Tender

24 Sep 2025 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Aberdeen City Council has completed a procurement process for the "Single Building Assessment Services Rev01," focusing on assessing various high-rise and mid-rise buildings in Aberdeen, in line with Scottish Government guidelines. The industry category is housing and community amenities, situated in Aberdeen, UKM50 region. This contract process was awarded using an open procedure with the main procurement category of services, and the related contract was signed on April 20, 2026, with AFEC International Ltd as the supplier. This process, which progressed from tendering in September 2025 to the completion of an award in April 2026, involved electronic submissions and prioritised quality over price in its evaluation.

This contract offers significant opportunities for businesses operating in high-rise building assessments and fire safety consultancy. It is well-suited for companies with expertise in assessing cladding and implementing fire safety measures in line with current regulations, including practical guidance from the Scottish Government. The appointed organisation is expected to deliver detailed assessments, technical reports, and strategies for enhancing building safety. Ideal candidates would be those with strong capabilities in providing technical inspections and concept designs, thus enabling growth through engagement with a regional authority in Aberdeen’s vibrant housing and community sector. SMEs are encouraged to enter such tenders, as evidenced by the high proportion of successful bids from smaller companies in this procurement.

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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=APR554427
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
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

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
£1,198,850 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Apr 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
24 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Apr 20265 days ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
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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
Midstocket/Rosemount
Westminster Constituency
Aberdeen North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

AFEC INTERNATIONAL

Further Information

Notice Documents

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