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Lift and Plant Inspection

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

What happened?

Tender notice from Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.

Facts

{
  "award_values": [],
  "buyer": "Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service",
  "buyer_reference": "SCTS-2025-081",
  "contact_email": "cprentice1@scotcourts.gov.uk",
  "contact_name": "Charlotte Prentice",
  "contact_restrictions": [],
  "contacts": [
    {
      "email": "cprentice1@scotcourts.gov.uk",
      "name": "Charlotte Prentice",
      "organisation": "Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service",
      "telephone": "+44 1314443300",
      "url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/"
    }
  ],
  "contract_terms": [
    {
      "durationInDays": 720
    }
  ],
  "cpv": [
    {
      "description": "Machinery-inspection services",
      "id": "71631100",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    {
      "description": "Technical inspection and testing services",
      "id": "71630000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "GBP",
  "days_to_deadline": 22,
  "deadline": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
  "deadline_conflict": false,
  "deadline_kind": "TENDER",
  "deadline_narrative": "",
  "deadline_structured": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
  "deadline_time_unpublished": false,
  "demo_evidence": [],
  "direct_contact_evidence": [],
  "engagement_route": "",
  "estimated_value": 120000,
  "expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
  "extensions": [
    {
      "description": "24 months"
    }
  ],
  "fully_expanded": true,
  "geographic_scope": [
    [
      {
        "region": "UKM"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "hidden_opportunity": false,
  "historical_engagement_evidence": "",
  "incumbent_evidence": [],
  "linked_documents": [],
  "lot_count": 1,
  "lot_scope": [
    {
      "description": "The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is seeking to procure a contractor to carry out statutory inspections, testing and certification of all plant and lift equipment in accordance with Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and relevant British Standards.  Services must include thorough examinations, identification of defects, prioritised recommendations and timely provision of all compliance documentation.  All work must be completed by a competent, qualified person and conducted safely with minimal disruption to operations throughout the SCTS estate including mainland Scotland, Highlands and Islands.  A full list of court locations can be found at Find us | Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.",
      "id": "1",
      "title": null,
      "value": null
    }
  ],
  "meeting_evidence": [],
  "notice_type": "TENDER",
  "procurement_method": "Open procedure",
  "procurement_status": "active",
  "publication_date": "2026-09-30T13:30:31+01:00",
  "published_corrections": [],
  "published_notice_types": [],
  "published_requirement": "The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is seeking to procure a contractor to carry out statutory inspections, testing and certification of all plant and lift equipment in accordance with Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and relevant British Standards.  Services must include thorough examinations, identification of defects, prioritised recommendations and timely provision of all compliance documentation.  All work must be completed by a competent, qualified person and conducted safely with minimal disruption to operations throughout the SCTS estate.",
  "questionnaire_evidence": [],
  "reference": "092369-2026",
  "registration_evidence": [],
  "relevance_evidence": {
    "INSPECTION": [
      "inspection and testing",
      "statutory inspection"
    ],
    "LOLER": [
      "lifting equipment",
      "loler",
      "thorough examination"
    ],
    "PUWER": [
      "plant inspection",
      "puwer"
    ]
  },
  "requirement_items": "\nThe Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is seeking to procure a contractor to carry out statutory inspections, testing and certification of all plant and lift equipment in accordance with Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and relevant British Standards.  Services must include thorough examinations, identification of defects, prioritised recommendations and timely provision of all compliance documentation.  All work must be completed by a competent, qualified person and conducted safely with minimal disruption to operations throughout the SCTS estate including mainland Scotland, Highlands and Islands.  A full list of court locations can be found at Find us | Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.",
  "selection_requirements": {
    "criteria": [
      {
        "appliesTo": [
          "supplier"
        ],
        "description": "the relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD module.",
        "type": "suitability"
      },
      {
        "appliesTo": [
          "supplier"
        ],
        "description": "the relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD module.",
        "type": "economic"
      },
      {
        "appliesTo": [
          "supplier"
        ],
        "description": "the relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD module.",
        "type": "technical"
      }
    ]
  },
  "sme_suitability": [],
  "submission_method": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/",
  "value_excluding_vat": null,
  "value_including_vat": null,
  "value_minimum": null,
  "value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
  "vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}

Commercial inferences

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Unknowns

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Possible services

[
  {
    "confidence": "HIGH",
    "rationale": "lifting equipment, loler, thorough examination",
    "service": "LOLER"
  },
  {
    "confidence": "HIGH",
    "rationale": "plant inspection, puwer",
    "service": "PUWER"
  },
  {
    "confidence": "HIGH",
    "rationale": "inspection and testing, statutory inspection",
    "service": "INSPECTION"
  }
]

Provenance

{
  "licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06ab33",
  "release_id": "092369-2026"
}

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