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Published 16 Aug 2024, 16:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Dumfries Zero Waste Park - Phase 1

Official notice

Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)

WorksOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£7,600,000≈ £6.1m / year15.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024awarded 17 Mar 2025
Awarded to Ashleigh (Scotland) Limited
Contract term 1 yr 3 moends 15 May 2026 · starts 31 Jan 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking interested parties for participation in the Contract for the development of a new Zero Waste Park on the outskirts of Dumfries.

CPV: Building construction work · Construction work · Construction work for industrial buildings · Construction work for warehouses and industrial buildings · Construction works for compost facility · Construction works for recycling station · Waste-treatment plant construction work · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This tender process is for participation in the Contract for the development of a new…Awarded 1 yr 3 moPublished value£7,600,000

This tender process is for participation in the Contract for the development of a new Zero Waste Park on the outskirts of Dumfries. This is a large-scale project to decommission the refinements section of the existing MBT site, conversion of this space into a Dry Recycling Facility and creation of new Household Waste Recycling Facility. The project will require weighbridges, staff car parking, utilities, road and services infrastructure and any other associated services.

Your submission will:

Provide pre-construction advice and liaison with the design team to ensure a full works

package, contractor design elements, agreement of the works programme, development of

the risk register, completion of Bill of Quantities and finalised contract arrangements.

Tenderers to submit costs for pre-construction fee, in addition to prelims, overheads and profits margin.

Contract period: 31 Jan 2025 – 15 May 2026 (1 yr 3 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Dumfries
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Aug 2024, 16:16 BST
Last source update
27 Mar 2025, 10:03 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
DGCP-0085
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011458
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workConstruction workConstruction work for industrial buildingsConstruction work for warehouses and industrial buildingsConstruction works for compost facilityConstruction works for recycling stationWaste-treatment plant construction workWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM92)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048bc8 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

For details of the conditions relevant to the contract, please see the Zero Waste Park - Phase 1 - Invitation to tender and supporting documents in Public Contract Scotland Tender site Buyer Attachments area of ITT 56038.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:794505)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Sept 2024 → 27 Mar 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    31 Jan 2025
  4. Notice published
    27 Mar 2025, 10:03 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Mar 2025, 10:03 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,775,6881 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ashleigh (Scotland) LimitedSubcontracting: declared£8,775,688 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Carruthers House, English Street, Dumfries, Scotland, DG1 2HPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dumfries Sheriff CourtReview body Dumfries

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria