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Contract Award Notice

Single Building Assessment Services

  • First published: 25 September 2025
  • Last modified: 25 September 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-059a12
Published by:
Aberdeen City Council
Authority ID:
AA20199
Publication date:
25 September 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

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.

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Aberdeen City Council

Woodhill House, Westburn Road

Aberdeen

AB16 5GB

UK

Telephone: +44 1467539600

E-mail: comaciver@aberdeencity.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM50

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00231

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

Housing and community amenities

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Single Building Assessment Services

Reference number: CRN00041487

II.1.2) Main CPV code

71250000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short 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.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

71250000

71317100

75251110

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKM50


Main site or place of performance:

Aberdeen City

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Quality Score (as detailed in the ITT) / Weighting: 80

Price / Weighting:  20

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

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:

2025/S 000-056482

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: CRN00041487

A contract/lot is awarded: No

V.1 Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:811061)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Aberdeen Sheriff Court

Castle Street Aberdeen AB10 1WP

Aberdeen

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

24/09/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
71250000 Architectural, engineering and surveying services Architectural and related services
71317100 Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services Hazard protection and control consultancy services
75251110 Fire-prevention services Fire-brigade services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
comaciver@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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