RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · award

National Galleries of Scotland

Provision of Hard FM Services

Business ServicesCPV 71314100
Value£7,448,674
Awarded
Published30 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide

£7,448,674 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
Robertson Facilities Management (FM)

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
pharkin@nationalgalleries.org
+44 1316246374

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£7.4mtotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£8.0m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

The brief

National Galleries Scotland (NGS) wish to award a term contract for the Provision of Hard FM Services to a single Contractor.

The scope of the contract is a term contract for the provision of Hard Facilities Management Services for the National Galleries of Scotland estate, which comprises 4 public gallery buildings and storage facilities across the city of Edinburgh.

The Hard Facilities Management Services included in the scope are: Managed Services, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Repairs and Maintenance; and Building Repairs and Maintenance.

Stage 2 Tender documents are provided for INFORMATION, GUIDANCE & TRANSPARENCY ONLY.

Stage 2 documents are in draft and may be subject to change prior to Invitation to Tender.

The Contractor must have a clear understanding of the contract requirements and the organisational needs of NGS.

NEC4 Term Service Contract will be used.

It is a requirement that the Contractor as a minimum, hold or commit to obtain prior to the award of contract, a valid Cyber Essentials Basic Certification (or equivalent) in place throughout the duration of the contract.

Baseline Personnel Security Standards are required under the contract.

All operatives who will be working on NGS sites will be required to hold valid basic disclosure certification.

There is no commitment to a minimum spend over the duration of the contract.

Under this agreement, no minimum spend is guaranteed.

The agreement will be non-exclusive i.e., NGS reserves the right, in certain circumstances, to procure out with the Contract Agreement, as and when required.

In the event of unsatisfactory performance by the successful Contractor and the termination of the contract by either party, NGS reserves the right to negotiate the continuance of the services with the second and third placed Contractors.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Contractor must have a clear understanding

The Contractor must have a clear understanding of the contract requirements and the organisational needs of NGS.

02

All operatives who will be working on

All operatives who will be working on NGS sites will be required to hold valid basic disclosure certification.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Cyber Essentialssays mustCertification & assessment schemes
It is a requirement that the Contractor as a minimum, hold or commit to obtain prior to the award of contract, a valid Cyber Essentials Basic Certification (or equivalent) in place throughout the duration of the contract.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c7f7
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060941-2025
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