The process of rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh building has suffered another setback as it has been forced to restart its search for an architect to lead the £100m restoration, one year after it began the tendering process. Blaming an unspecified “technical error in the scoring matrix used in the procurement process”, the school said that its search would be halted and “no appointment will be made” while it asks the architects involved to consider resubmitting their tenders. The historic structure is being repaired after it was extensively damaged by fire in June 2018. The project is due to finish by 2030, but only preliminary work has begun. The Glasgow School of Art claimed that this setback would not affect the timetable for completion. Scottish ministers have been urged to directly oversee the project to restore the property, following concerns about the timetable of work. Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney said that the procurement error had effectively put the “rebuild effort back to square one - yet we are almost five years on from the second disastrous fire with a predicted completion date of 2030.” He asked culture minister Neil Gray, he asked: “Will the minister for culture now instruct that the project be directly overseen by Scottish ministers in order to get the restoration of this international architectural icon back on track?”