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Scottish Government

Fire Alarm Design, Installation, and Associated Project Management Services DPS

Business ServicesCPV 31625000
Value£12.5m
Deadline27 Jun 2031
Published2 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Jul 20261799 days leftCloses 27 Jun 2031
Who to contact
David McNeil
David.Mcneil@gov.scot

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How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£12.5mtotal contract value
median £94k
this tender£0£13.5m

This is a large award for Electrical Machinery & Apparatus — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,617 valued Electrical Machinery & Apparatus tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Scottish Government is looking to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Fire Alarm Design, Installation & Associated Project Management Services.

The DPS will be split into 2 Lots: Lot 1: Fire Alarm Design & Installation Lot 2: Associated Project Management Services Please Note: The value of call off- contracts will range from Thousands to Millions however no form of volume guarantee has been granted by the authority and therefore no commitment of spend is guarenteed through the DPS.

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4580 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%

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  • 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

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c23a
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
062180-2026
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