Closed tender

Development Consultant

Details

Topic
Architectural, engineering and planning services
Published
25 February 2026
Submission
27 March 2026

Tender description

River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project. Lot 1: River Clyde Homes are seeking to appoint a highly competent and experienced Development Consultant to provide advice on social housing development opportunities and facilitate delivery in potentially both new build and regeneration activities. To be considered for the contract bidders must have a demonstrable track record of maximising grant income for projects above benchmark. The successful company must be willing to work on a speculative pro bono basis on projects for a period of time until a decision is made on their progression. When projects are green lit, the Development Consultant will be required to appoint and manage the other Design Team professionals that are required to successfully deliver the project. As part of their tender response, bidders are required to detail the proposed Design Team members they would engage with, should they be successful in being awarded the contract. Interested parties must first evidence to River Clyde Homes via the SPD that they have the requisite technical capacity, and experience to undertake works of this nature before they will be taken forward to the full tender evaluation. 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published25 February 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date27 March 2026

About the buyer

River Clyde Homes is a housing association in Greenock with its own procurement team for every tender. Frameworks used include Scotland Excel, Procurement for Housing, the Scottish Procurement Alliance and the Government Commercial Agency. No approved supplier list is kept, and bids are scored on price, quality, contract management and community benefits. Regulated procurement follows the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

Over the past 5 years, most of River Clyde Homes's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71240000 · Architectural, engineering and planning services
  • 71312000 · Structural engineering consultancy services
  • 71324000 · Quantity surveying services
  • 71530000 · Construction consultancy services
  • 73220000 · Development consultancy services

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