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Published 22 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HEETSA Framework Planning and Discovery

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)
Framework ceiling (notional)£400,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 22 Aug 2025awarded 13 Oct 2025
Framework period 6 moends 31 Mar 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Heat and Energy Efficiency Technical Suitability Assessment Framework Planning & Discovery Services.

CPV: Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Evaluation consultancy services · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · Research and development consultancy services · Technical analysis or consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The purpose of this Discovery project is to set out in clear terms the resource…AwardedRenewal 6 moPublished value£400,000

The purpose of this Discovery project is to set out in clear terms the resource requirement and market impact for a HEETSA. This will allow Scottish Ministers to consider a full deployment of HEETSA into the Scottish retrofit assessment landscape.

The scope of Discovery will consider:

  • the overall concept of HEETSA and how it relates to the EPC and other parts of the heat and energy efficiency retrofit assessment landscape;

-current assessment methodologies that could be used to underpin HEETSA and how potential gaps in the market could be filled;

-the skills, qualifications, and accreditation processes that would be needed to ensure that assessors were able to offer detailed advice to building owners on technical suitability of heat and energy efficiency retrofit measures;

-the way in which HEETSA can be standardised into a common certification / reporting format;

-detailed costed options for the delivery of the above.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (6 mo)
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Purchaser may, by giving notice to the Service Provider, extend the period of the Contract to a date falling no later than 30 April 2026. Subject to that constraint, the Purchaser may extend the period of the Contract on more than one occasion.Variant bids: not allowed
71241000 Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services73200000 Research and development consultancy services79419000 Evaluation consultancy services

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: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    4B4. The bidder confirms the name, value and/or range of the financial ratios specified in the relevant Contract Notice are as follows:

    4B.5 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Minimum: 4B.4 - Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 1. Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Total current assets divided by Total current liabilities. 4B.5 - -Public Liability 1,000,000 GBP(A sum not less than) -Professional Indemnity 1,000,000 GBP(A sum not l…
  • Technical & professional ability

    4C.4 - Provide a statement of the relevant supply chain management and/or tracking systems used.

    4C.7 - Provide details of the environmental management measures which the bidder will be able to use when performing the contract.

    4C.10 - Provide details of the proportion (i.e. percentage) of the contract that you intend to subcontract: Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

    Minimum: 4C.4 - If bidders intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, they should confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will in…
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “HEETSA Framework Planning and Discovery” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST
Last source update
24 Oct 2025, 11:28 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Aug 2025 – …
Authority reference
Case 792634
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068122
Classification (CPV)
Energy-efficiency consultancy servicesEvaluation consultancy servicesFeasibility study, advisory service, analysisResearch and development consultancy servicesTechnical analysis or consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0563fc Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:813887)

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Appointment period ends
22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

22 Aug 2025 → 24 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts391 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published368 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 11:28 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Oct 2025, 11:28 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 52 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Oct 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 068122-2025-792634-1

    Signed
    13 Oct 2025
    Value
    £345,655
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8LUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AECOM LtdFramework contractor Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, London, UK, E1 8FAContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.