RP Slight & Sons has been accepted onto Bield Housing & Care’s Repairs and Maintenance Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), opening up opportunities to tender for work across five service categories.
Bield confirmed our acceptance in a letter dated 1 October 2026, following our application to join the system. For our Wallyford-based construction and property maintenance business, this provides a route to compete for future requirements ranging from individual trade services to work involving several trades.
A Dynamic Purchasing System is a way for an organisation to invite accepted suppliers to bid for work as requirements arise. Joining it allows us to take part in that process within the categories for which we have been accepted.
There are two stages: acceptance onto the system, followed by tendering for specific opportunities. We have completed the first stage. Any work awarded to RP Slight will depend on a successful tender.
No Bield work has been awarded to us or started at this point. Our acceptance creates opportunities to compete, without guaranteeing a contract, a volume of work or a confirmed programme of projects.
Our acceptance covers the following lots, which are the separate categories used to organise the work:
- Lot 3: Electrical Services
- Lot 4: Windows and Doors
- Lot 5: Construction Works – Multi-trades (All Trades)
- Lot 7: Plastering and Painting Services
- Lot 9: Fire, Flood and Insurance Works
The range of categories is an important part of the acceptance for our business. It gives us scope to consider opportunities in defined trade areas, including electrical services, windows and doors, and plastering and painting.
The Construction Works lot also provides a route to tender for requirements involving multiple trades. Fire, flood and insurance works sit within their own category, completing the five lots for which we have been accepted.
The details of each opportunity will be set out when it is put out to tender.
Bield will issue tender opportunities through the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) Quick Quote portal. Its notification explains that these may include individual projects as well as longer-term contracts.
We will be able to submit bids within our accepted categories, with each submission considered through the relevant tender process. If a tender is successful, Bield will request copies of insurance documents and mandatory qualifications, as set out in its notification.
For RP Slight, the next step is to consider the opportunities issued through the portal and prepare submissions for relevant work. We are pleased to have been accepted across all five categories and look forward to the opportunity to put forward our proposals.
