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title: "Building Surveying Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04cfbc"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE"
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# Building Surveying Services

Buyer: HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cfbc

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## Summary

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), located in Inverness, has awarded a framework contract for Building Surveying Services, valued at approximately GBP 451,216, to Hardies Property & Construction Consultants. The framework covers a range of services including building consultancy, health and safety management, energy efficiency assessments, construction management, and architectural design, with activities throughout the regions of Argyll and the Islands, Caithness and Sutherland, Inner Moray Firth, Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross, and Moray. The contract runs from 7th April 2025 until 6th April 2028, with an optional one-year extension, and the procurement was conducted through an open procedure.

This awarded tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specializing in building surveying and related services. Firms can leverage this contract to expand their portfolio in crucial Scottish regions, benefiting from the long-term, wide-ranging consultancy work included in the framework. Companies focused on sustainable practices, prompt service delivery, and community benefits are well-suited to thrive under this contract, which prioritizes such criteria. SMEs, particularly those with innovative approaches to architectural and consultancy services, stand to benefit from participation in HIE's future procurement processes, as seen in the inclusive nature of this award.

## Notice

Activities may include Ad-hoc building consultancy including surveys and condition schedules, Dilapidations, Management of Health and Safety, Energy Efficiency, Reinstatement Cost Assessments (RCA), Condition Surveys, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Managing construction works, Architectural Design services and Procurement of tenders. The Framework has a start date of 7.4.2025 and an end date of 6.4.2028 plus an optional 12 month extension.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

THIS FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN AWARDED. The figure used in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated Framework value including the optional extension period. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Options: HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services particularly with regard to demand and budgetary availability or where HIE's strategic focus changes as a result of changes in Scottish Government policy or as a result of a direction given to them by the Scottish Government. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This may result in amendments to requirements under the Framework, including but not limited to: - reduction/ removal of Services, e.g., HIE actioning more of the services or elements of the services themselves - the addition of similar Services - increasing the volume of Services

Renewal: It is expected that these services will be required from April 2025 for an initial period of 3 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework agreement, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 year following the Initial Term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012546-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Feb 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the framework or at the end of the Framework, including any extension period. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £451,216 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE |
| Additional buyers | CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN (SCOTLAND) LTD; INVERNESS CAMPUS OWNERS ASSOCIATION; WAVE ENERGY SCOTLAND LIMITED |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV2 5NA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness South |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM61 Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty, TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey, TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HARDIES PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71251000 - Architectural and building-surveying services
- 71315300 - Building surveying services

## Release History

- 2 Apr 2025 at 13:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012546-2025
- 14 Jan 2025 at 09:27 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001114-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hie.co.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000775847
- https://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk
- https://www.invernesscampus.co.uk/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA23323
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30513
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/inverness-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court

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