P23-0122: Scottish Enterprise Investment Property Portfolio – Asset Valuation Service

Scottish Enterprise is seeking to commission a supplier to provide a property asset valuation service for Scottish Enterprise’s investment property portfolio. The value of the land and property assets is required to ensure that the value of the property assets of Scottish Enterprise are properly represented in its financial accounts and is to be carried out in accordance with the RICS Appraisal and Valuation Standards.

The requirement is to prepare bi-annual and annual valuations of the properties on the basis of “fair value” which to all intents and purposes will be the open market value. Scottish Enterprise’s investment property portfolio is currently valued at GBP149M (as of March 2023), and comprises:

• Industrial buildings
• Offices
• Business parks
• Business centres
• Energy, Science and Technology parks
• Development land
• Other property interests

This contract will for a three-year period commencing on c.1 August 2023. After this time, Scottish Enterprise will have the option to extend the contract for a further one-year period. The anticipated value of the contract over the maximum four year duration is anticipated as being between GBP200,000 and GBP300,000 (excl VAT).

SPD Statement for 2A.17 – Form of Participation (Notably as part of a group, consortium, joint venture or similar). Any contract will be entered into with the nominated lead organisation and all members of the consortium, who will in these circumstances each be required to execute said contract together with all ancillary documentation, evidencing their joint and several liability in respect of the obligations and liabilities of the contract. It will be for members of the consortium to sort out their respective duties and liabilities amongst each other. For administrative purposes, any associated documentation will be sent to the nominated lead organisation.

SPD Statement for 2C.1 - Where the main bidder relies on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, the bidder must provide a separate SPD response setting out the information required under SPD (Scotland): Part II (sections A and B); Part III exclusion grounds; the relevant part of Section IV selection criteria; and Part V (if applicable) for each of the entities concerned.

SPD Statement for 2D.1.2 – If the bidder proposes to subcontract any part(s) of the service and those sub-contractors are not relied upon, they should arrange for a separate SPD response from each potential subcontractor. The subcontractors must complete the relevant parts of the SPD (Scotland) (Sections A and B of Part II and Part III only) to self-declare whether there are grounds for their exclusion. This may be requested at the selection stage or prior to the subcontractor commencing work on the contract.