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Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Scotland - projects up to 5 million GBP

Community ServicesCPV 63720000

Value£180.0m

Deadline4 Oct 2030

Published4 Sept 2024

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 4 Sept 20241498 days leftCloses 4 Oct 2030

Who to contact

Stefano Ferracuti

CCT_SPPD@gov.scot

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£180.0mtotal contract value

median £246k

this tender£0£194.4m

This is a large award for Supporting Transport & Travel Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 2,020 valued Supporting Transport & Travel Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Scottish Government's Supporting Transport & Travel Services cycle is past due — it ran about every 20 months across 3 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.

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The brief

The Scottish Ministers have been working with internal and external stakeholders on the development of a Scottish collaborative Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Civil Engineering projects up to 5 million GBP for use across the Scottish public sector.

To be considered, economic operators are required to complete the Single Procurement Document (SPD) including the Financial Standing Workbook, the Technical and Professional Ability Workbook (including Core Terms Acceptance and SOC Check) and the Environmental Management and Climate Change Plan Form in accordance with the Contract Notice and the accompanying Instructions document.

Economic operators will be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations (Scotland) 2015, on the basis of the information provided within their application.

A Price Quality Ratio (PQR) of 30% Price and 70% Quality (with a range of +/-20%) will be undertaken for all calls for competition under this DPS.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 1 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Audited accounts / financial standingsays mustFinancial standing & cover

To be considered, economic operators are required to complete the Single Procurement Document (SPD) including the Financial Standing Workbook, the Technical and Professional Ability Workbook (including Core Terms Acceptance and SOC Check) and the Environmental Management and Climate Change Plan Form in accordance with…

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Scotland - projects up to 5 million GBP

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Stated in this notice

Hold at bidFinancial standing / turnover test“…rocurement Document (SPD) including the Financial Standing Workbook, the Technical and Professional Ability Workbook (…”

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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