Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463383084
E-mail: hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hie.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
I.1) Name and addresses
Wave Energy Scotland Limited
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: wesprocurement@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
I.1) Name and addresses
Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Ltd
Cairngorm Mountain, Cairngorm Ski Area
Aviemore
PH22 1RB
UK
Telephone: +44 1479861261
E-mail: info@caingormmountain.co.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30513
I.1) Name and addresses
Inverness Campus Owners Association
C/O Highlands and Islands Enterprise, An Lòchran,
Inverness Campus, Inverness
IV2 5NA
UK
Telephone: +44 1463245245
E-mail: ICOA@hient.co.uk
NUTS: UKM62
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.invernesscampus.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA23323
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Building Surveying Services
Reference number: FTS040
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71315300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
451 216.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71251000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM62
UKM61
UKM63
Main site or place of performance:
Argyll and the Islands, Caithness and Sutherland, Inner Moray Firth, Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross, Moray.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Cyber Security
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Prompt Payment
/ Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion: Management & Delivery Methodology
/ Weighting: 25%
Quality criterion: Management & Delivery Team
/ Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion: Sustainability
/ Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion: Community Benefits
/ Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion: Fair Work
/ Weighting: 5%
Price
/ Weighting:
40%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of 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
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) 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.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-001114
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FTS040
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/04/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 10
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hardies Property & Construction Consultants
The Signature Building, 8 Pitreavie Court
Dunfermline
KY11 8UU
UK
Telephone: +44 1383731841
NUTS: UKM72
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 451 216.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:793601)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
UK
Telephone: +44 1463230782
E-mail: inverness@scotcourts.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/inverness-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/04/2025