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Published 15 Sept 2025, 11:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Single Building Assessment Services

Official notice

Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000≈ £171k / year
Submissions closed 24 Oct 2025
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 29 Dec 2028 · starts 26 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Aberdeen City Council intends to employ an organisation to undertake Single Building Assessment of 22 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 20 of these blocks the ownership of these blocks is shared between the Council and a number of private owners.

CPV: Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services · Fire-prevention services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The clustering, shown below, illustrates these 22 over-clad, high-rise blocks,…Cancelled 2 yrs 11 mo

The clustering, shown below, illustrates these 22 over-clad, high-rise blocks, sub-divided by the seven different over-cladding contracts

that were undertaken at various times, in different areas of the city, since 2001:

Cluster1

  • LORD HAY'S COURT

Cluster 2

  • BALGOWNIE COURT
  • INVERDON COURT
  • ST NINIAN COURT

Cluster 3

  • BRIMMOND COURT
  • GRAMPIAN COURT
  • MORVEN COURT

Cluster 4

  • CAIRNCRY COURT
  • CORNHILL COURT
  • ROSEHILL COURT
  • STOCKETHILL COURT

Cluster 5

  • LINKSFIELD COURT
  • PROMENADE COURT
  • REGENT COURT

Cluster 6

  • AULTON COURT
  • BAYVIEW COURT
  • BEACHVIEW COURT
  • NORTH SEA COURT

Cluster 7

  • WALLACE HOUSE
  • BRUCE HOUSE
  • DAVIDSON HOUSE
  • ROSE HOUSE

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):

Document reviews, inspections and the technical findings reports for the 22 high rise blocks, based on the procedures set out in the Scottish

Government’s ‘’Single Building Assessment Specification Document’’, June 2024

Reports of the various options for mitigating any short-falls that are found for each of the 22 high rise blocks, relative to the ‘’Single

Building Assessment Specification Document’’ , with an analysis of advantages and disadvantages and budget costs against each;

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.

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 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. Company details of any Reliant Entities are to be provided as part of the SPD submission.

Contract period: 26 Jan 2026 – 29 Dec 2028 (2 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: Scotland · Aberdeen City
Variant bids: 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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Score (as detailed in the ITT): 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Score (as detailed in the ITT): 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Bidders are required to confirm that they (i) have already obtained; or (ii) can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, entry on the Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers list. Organisations on the authorised list have provided assurance that their SBA Assessment and Reporting team can satisfy the criteria set out in Section 2.8 of the Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification. Please contact claddingremediationopencall@gov.scot for additional information. Please note the contract cannot be awarded if the potential supplier has not successfully achieved a place on the authorised list.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to confirm that they (i) have already obtained; or (ii) can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement of the contract, entry on the Scottish Government Authorised Single Building Assessment (SBA) Providers list. Organisations on the authorised list have provided assurance that their SBA Assessment and Reporting team can satisfy the criteria set out in Section 2.8 of the Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification. Please contact claddingremediationopencall@gov.scot for additional information. Please note the contract cannot be awarded if the potential supplier has not successfully achieved a place on the authorised list.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
15 Sept 2025, 11:08 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Oct 2025 – …
Authority reference
CRN00041487
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059063
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, engineering and surveying servicesFire and explosion protection and control consultancy servicesFire-prevention services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a12 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:811061)

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
24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Sept 2025 → 26 Jan 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published398 days ago
    24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
  2. Submission deadline368 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened368 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts275 days ago
    26 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    24 Sept 2025, 08:51 BST
Published amendments (1)

Tender Clarification Note We would like to clarify to all potential bidders, regarding the core contract for 22no blocks referred to throughout the tender documents and information. It should be noted that this 22no relates to the initial core work that is being tendered. This 22no blocks may be subject to post-contract variation, leading to approximately 27no blocks being instructed overall. T…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Aberdeen City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHousing and community amenities Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB16 5GBContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body Aberdeen

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