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Contract Award Notice

FTS052 Cleaning Services - Inverness Campus

  • First published: 02 June 2026
  • Last modified: 02 June 2026
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-0666f0
Published by:
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Authority ID:
AA20475
Publication date:
02 June 2026
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide cleaning services at a number of buildings at Inverness Campus.

The contract will be let from 3 August 2026 for the initial period of 3 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Conditions, with HIE having the option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months and another further period of up to 12 months following the Initial Term (i.e. the maximum contract length including the optional extension periods is 5 years).

Full notice text

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 1463245245

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.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

FTS052 Cleaning Services - Inverness Campus

Reference number: FTS052

II.1.2) Main CPV code

90900000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

HIE requires a suitable qualified and experienced supplier to provide cleaning services at a number of buildings at Inverness Campus.

The contract will be let from 3 August 2026 for the initial period of 3 years, unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Conditions, with HIE having the option to extend for a further period of up to 12 months and another further period of up to 12 months following the Initial Term (i.e. the maximum contract length including the optional extension periods is 5 years).

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 451 241.27  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

90910000

90919200

90900000

90911000

90919000

90911300

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKM62

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The services required include cleaning and housekeeping, day cleaning and periodic cleaning services.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Q1 Prompt Payment Standard Clause / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion: Q2 Cyber Security / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion: Q3 Payment of the Real Living Wage / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion: Q4 Delivery Methodology / Weighting: 20%

Quality criterion: Q5 Management and Quality Management Methodology / Weighting: 12%

Quality criterion: Q6 Management and Delivery Team / Weighting: 11%

Quality criterion: Q7 Net Zero / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion: Q8b Monitoring and Reporting of Community Benefits / Weighting: 2%

Quality criterion: Q9 Fair Work Practices / Weighting: 5%

Price / Weighting:  45%

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options:

HIE reserves the right, on giving reasonable written notice from time to time, to require changes to the Services (whether by way of the removal of Services, the addition of new Services, or increasing or decreasing the Services or specifying the order in which the Services are to be performed or the locations where the Services are to be provided). HIE shall not require any such change other than where it is permitted by Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

The Contract may be modified for reasons including but not limited to (and are regardless of monetary value):

-Re-purposing of areas and/or change of furniture/layout of area result in increased/decreased services or change of cleaning tasks;

-Changes in occupancy level that require increased or reduced services, for example third party tenants occupying or vacating space, number of employees based in the office;

-Change in any lease agreements requiring increased or reduced services or resulting in no further services required e.g. relocation, building closure, tenant procuring cleaning services directly;

-Services required at additional buildings/sites within Inverness Campus and/or areas/zones in a building e.g. services required in Suite F2;

-Services required at a different building e.g. HIE moves to another office within the local area;

-Requests from occupiers or tenants to increase or decrease service provision, including number of days and number of hours required;

-Ad-hoc cleaning required in excess of the indicative number of hours per annum stated in the Pricing Schedule

-Increase or decrease tasks to meet additional hygiene measures and/or pandemic restrictions/public health emergency;

-Addition or removal of buildings within Inverness Campus e.g. via (partial) sale of building;

-Changes in building zone boundaries resulting e.g. in re-apportionment of costs.

-Removal of services if no longer needed;

-Addition/removal of tasks which also may result in increase/decrease in number of days/hours of services required;

-Changes to task frequencies and/or cleaning schedules;

-Reapportionment of cleaning hours between sites;

-Changes to HIE’s available budget to deliver these services;

-Change of the intended usage of building areas;

-Change in requirements to accommodate temporary works to the building;

-Change of occupancy levels require more or less consumables.

In these situations, HIE will agree a price variation based on the pricing submitted as part of your bid, for example, if we remove a site, then HIE’s cost per year will reduce by the cost associated in your submitted Pricing Schedule for that site.

Modifications may result in the overall contract value being lower or higher than stated in the contract notice/contract award notice which includes HIE’s estimate at the time of tendering.

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.1.8) 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:

2026/S 000-021632

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: FTS052

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

28/05/2026

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 10

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8

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

ALLAN INGRAM INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SERVICES LTD

Unit 8 Nevis Bank Industrial , Croft Road

Fort William

PH33 6RT

UK

NUTS: UKM6

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 451 241.27  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

The figures in sections II.1.7. and V.2.4. refer to the contract value including the optional extension periods and an estimate for the CPI increases.

(SC Ref:833315)

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.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

01/06/2026

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
90911000 Accommodation, building and window cleaning services Cleaning services
90900000 Cleaning and sanitation services Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
90910000 Cleaning services Cleaning and sanitation services
90919200 Office cleaning services Office, school and office equipment cleaning services
90919000 Office, school and office equipment cleaning services Cleaning services
90911300 Window-cleaning services Accommodation, building and window cleaning services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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ID Description
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About the buyer

Main contact:
hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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