Sheriff Officer Services 2026 - 2030

The Council is seeking to put in place a Framework Agreement to fulfil its requirement to provide Sheriff Officer Services across various services including Enterprise and Communities and Legal and Democratic Services. This requirement is to fulfil its legal obligations in relation to a number of functions required to be carried out by Sheriff Officers.

Sheriff Officer Services within the jurisdiction of Hamilton Sheriff Court. The services required under this Framework Agreement and any resultant Call Off Contract, include but are not to be restricted to:

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Service or intimation of documents

Ejection

Citation

Diligence

Charges for Payment

Earnings Arrestment

Attachment

Auction

Arrestment

Inhibition

Foreign Citation

Tracing and Enquiries

Pre-sue Reporting. 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.

Tenderers must indicate in the Pricing Schedule that they agree that fees payable will be subject to the fees under the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules 2015 and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2016 and any subsequent updates/amendments. This is a pass/fail condition of appointment to the Framework.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30195. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders should refer to the requirements stated within PCS-Tender.