Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for modular construction of itsnew Juniper House laboratory facility with an estimated value of £80 million (exc VAT).

Scottish Water is lookking to engage with a supplier for its New Juniper House Laboratory Facility to provide a full turnkey solution including planning, design, build, testing and commissioning of a modular construction which can meet the requirements of ISO 17025.

The supplier will be required to: -

• Provide a turnkey solution including but not limited to planning, design, build, testing and commissioning of a modular construction which can meet the requirements of ISO 17025. To be designed be inhouse or contracted to a specialist appointed by the supplier.
• Be familiar with current Scottish and UK building standards, specifications and regulations.
• Demonstrate a history of achieving the new environmental standards enabling Scottish Water’s goal to be net of embodied carbon neutral in construction and operation and designed to meet the BREEAM Excellent standard.
• Demonstrate a history of designing and building Laboratories for Sampling, Organics, Micro, Crypto, Metals, General Chemistry, Radio Chemistry, Technical Support, Field Support with supporting welfare and operation and administration Offices.

Other requirements include: -

• All rooms and interconnecting spaces BS EN 14175 Biosafety Levels 0, 1, 2 & 3
• Heating and cooling systems to ensure the air flow is optimised to allow the temperature to be maintained in all weather conditions.
• Air filtration systems to EN 1822 Grade H0, H3 & H14 Hepa filtered air quality.
• Provide a Design and Construction Embodied Carbon Reporting through the lifespan of the project
• Provide a BS 19650 compatible Common Data Environment (CDE) in a shared digitalspace for the design and construction information.Demonstrate a history of Cost and programme forecast controls
• Demonstrate a history of CDM Regulations 2015 and any amendments, additions or deletions publicised prior to and throughout the duration of the project including undertaking the role of Principal Contractor and Designer. Principal Designer may be delegated to a competent specialist.

The facility is needed to allow Scottish Water to demonstrate compliance with and meet regulatory requirements for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland and Water Industry Commission for Scotland.

Scottish Water says the supplier must both meet and exceed its UKAS accreditation which means the supplier must be familiar with the regulatory requirements..

Expected duration the contract will run for is 48 months.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 12:00pm on 20 October 2025.

Click here to access the procurement documents and questionnaires through Scottish Water’s Atamis e-sourcing portal.