Stale Pre-tender

Building Standards Research and Technical Services Framework

Details

Topic
Civil engineering consultancy services
Published
20 March 2026

Tender description

The Authority is considering commissioning a research framework to support the Building Standards Division. The Building Standards Division requires a series of research commissions over the next 36 – 48 months. Each commission relates to a specialist area and may require differing technical expertise, methodologies, and delivery timescales, and subsequent research activity may be required as findings emerge or policy needs evolve. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to understand the supplier market and, in particular, to seek feedback on how the requirement could be structured and lotted in any future Invitation to Tender (ITT). This RFI will inform the Authority’s Sourcing Strategy and does not form part of any formal procurement process. Lot 1: The purpose of this initial Prior Information Notice is to give advance notice of our intentions to the market. The Scottish Government is currently conducting internal engagement with policy areas and key stakeholders to determine the lotting structure of the Framework agreement. Please record your interest in this notice and you will automatically receive updates as we progress.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published20 March 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71311000 · Civil engineering consultancy services
  • 71313000 · Environmental engineering consultancy services
  • 71314000 · Energy and related services
  • 71314300 · Energy-efficiency consultancy services
  • 71315200 · Building consultancy services
  • 71317000 · Hazard protection and control consultancy services
  • 71317100 · Fire and explosion protection and control consultancy services
  • 71318000 · Advisory and consultative engineering services
  • 73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • 73110000 · Research services
  • 73210000 · Research consultancy services
  • 79315000 · Social research services

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