Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million: guidance

Guidance for public sector organisations on how to access and use the system.

Civil Engineering Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for projects up to £5 million
Who can access: all public sector (National)
Contract status: Live
Dates of contract: 4 October 2024 to 4 October 2030
Category: Construction: national

Overview

This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is for civil engineering projects up to 5 million GBP for use across the Scottish public sector.

The DPS offers a straightforward, flexible, and quick route to market, which will enable public sector organisations to procure a broad range of civil engineering works without having to go through an onerous tendering process.

Suppliers are able to submit applications to join the DPS via PCS-T (additional details are included within the Contract Notice). There is no limit to the number of suppliers that can participate in the DPS and applications can be submitted at any time. We anticipate the DPS will be live until October 2030. The Scottish Government has the option to either extend or reduce the DPS term at any time.

What is in scope

The DPS includes the following six lots:

• Lot 1: General Civil Engineering Works
• Lot 2: Roads
• Lot 3: Structures
• Lot 4: Geotechnical Services and Related Works
• Lot 5: Utilities
• Lot 6: Harbour, Coastal, Rivers, Flood and Marine

Who can use this

The DPS can be used by:

• central government
• health
• local authorities
• third sector (voluntary organisations and charities registered in Scotland)
• universities and colleges
• other public bodies

See Contract Notice for full details.

Note: it is the responsibility of any buying organisation wishing to use the DPS to satisfy itself that it is eligible to do so.

Benefits

For buyers:

• wide range of civil engineering works available
• easy route to market due to pre-approved suppliers
• continued access to a wide range of suppliers, including local SME’s
• electronic process where supplier details are held centrally
• all suppliers will pay staff at least the Real Living Wage for works via this DPS
• DPS developed specifically for lower value projects (up to £5 million)
• opportunity to maximise value for money benefits due to competition at call-off stage

For suppliers:

• easy to join DPS – not resource intensive
• can apply to join the DPS at any time
• can apply to any/all the Lots
• open to suppliers of all sizes
• no limit to the number of suppliers allowed onto the DPS

Suppliers

A supplier list is provided below.

Further information

See the Buyer’s Guide and the Supplier’s Guide below for further information.

The full suite of supporting documents for buyers, is available on Knowledge Hub. If you are not registered to access Knowledge Hub and are eligible to use the DPS please complete this template and send to CCT_SPPD@gov.scot.

Please note that any information obtained via Knowledge Hub must be treated as commercially confidential and must not be shared with anyone outside your organisation without the prior approval of Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD).

See also our guide to dynamic purchasing systems.