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30 June 2025

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No. of Lots 1

Status Active

Published 25th Jun 2025

Tender Details
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Common Procurement VocabularyCivil engineering consultancy services
Procurement MethodOpen procedure
Value-
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Category Services

Type

No. of Lots 1

Status Active

Published 25th Jun 2025

Tender Details
Referenceocds-h6vhtk-0553b1
Common Procurement VocabularyCivil engineering consultancy services
Procurement MethodOpen procedure
Value-

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus

Inverness

IV2 5NA

Email

hieprocurement [at] hient.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1463383084

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM6 - Highlands and Islands

Internet address(es)

Main address

Buyer's address

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

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

Arnish multi disciplinary Design Team

Reference number

FTS046

II.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The multi-disciplinary Design Team will be expected to prepare detailed plans for the proposed development and should be capable of providing, as a minimum, Civil & Structural engineering services Architectural services, Mechanical & Electrical engineering services, Landscape consultancy services, Acoustic consultancy services and Sustainability/Whole Life Carbon Assessment services.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71250000 - Architectural, engineering and surveying services
  • 71220000 - Architectural design services
  • 71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
  • 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services
  • 71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM64 - Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
Main site or place of performance

Arnish

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

It is expected that these services will be required from September 2025 for an initial period of 12 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 6 months following the Initial Term.

The budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP450,000 and GBP550,000 (excluding VAT), inclusive of all travel and subsistence and travel time.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Prompt Payment / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion - Name: Cyber Security / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion - Name: Community Benefits / Weighting: pass/fail

Quality criterion - Name: Management & Delivery Methodology / Weighting: 20%

Quality criterion - Name: Design Team / Weighting: 15%

Quality criterion - Name: Programme / Weighting: 10%

Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Risk Analysis / Weighting: 5%

Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work / Weighting: 5%

Price - Weighting: 40%

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

18

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

It is expected that these services will be required from September 2025 for an initial period of 12 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 6 months following the Initial Term.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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:

- removal of Services

- addition of new similar Services

- increasing or decreasing the 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 III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract


Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

29 July 2025

Local time

12:00pm

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

29 July 2025

Local time

12:00pm


Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

In order to participate, bidders should register, for free, on and record their interest in this contract and download and complete all relevant documentation.

Tenders must be submitted via the PCS postbox and must be received by the published deadline. Late tenders will not be accepted and HIE will reject any submissions received after the deadline. Email or hard copy responses will not be accepted.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at .

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at .

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see:

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see:

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders will be expected to support the delivery of community benefits which take into account HIEs role as a local economic development agency.

(SC Ref:801343)

Download the ESPD document here:

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

Email

inverness [at] scotcourts.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1463230782

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

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.