Official UK procurement notice
Appointment of an Integrated Consultant Team for a New Build Special School in South Belfast (Belfast SEN03)
Authority: The Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAppointment of a Project Manager led Integrated Consultant Team for a new build 500 pupil special school in South Belfast.
The Education Authority is seeking the procurement of an Integrated Consultant Team on a Traditional Design basis, to take the project through RIBA Stages 0-7, with options to be investigated for both Traditional and Modern Methods of Construction for on-site delivery.
This will involve full professional design and management services for the project on the proposed site (options to be reviewed), complete with all site and landscape works, including hard and soft play areas and future reconfiguration, extension or expansion capabilities. This may be subject to change during brief development.
- How the procedure runs: This Procurement excercise shall follow a two-stage process. Stage One shall assess the Conditions of Participation. Stage two shall assess the Award Criteria of Quality, Social Value and Price. The Contract will be awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT).
CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Construction project management services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Quantity surveying services · Structural engineering consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£4,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 19:03 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 May 2027
- Authority reference
MA26-0000M401- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068459- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b665Find a Tender
- How it runs
This Procurement excercise shall follow a two-stage process. Stage One shall assess the Conditions of Participation. Stage two shall assess the Award Criteria of Quality, Social Value and Price. The Contract will be awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT).
- Risks
As detailed in the Stage 2 Contract Documents
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 25 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 25 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Jun 2026 → 7 Jun 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published132 days ago16 Jun 2026, 19:03 BST
- Market engagement116 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI), in preparation for the procurement
process for the Appointment of an Integrated Consultant Team for a new build 500
pupil special school in South Belfast, have prepared a Pre-Market Engagement Briefing Document (including attachments) to provide suppliers with pre-tender information regarding the forthcoming project.
This document may be downloaded from the CfT documents section of CfT CA Unique ID
EANI-5330 via eTendersNI.
Suppliers, as part of the Pre-Market Engagement process, also have the opportunity to
submit queries regarding the project. This should be done via the messaging service in
the above CfT on eTendersNI no later than 5pm on Wednesday 1st July 2026. A
response to these queries shall be forwarded shortly after this date.
Please note that participation or non-participation in this Pre-Market Engagement shall not
prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process. In addition,
for the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the process is not part of a formal procurement
process.
- Tender notice published98 days ago20 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
- Clarification questions by67 days ago20 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline62 days ago25 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 197 days10 May 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 224 days7 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Jun 2026, 19:03 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published20 Jul 2026, 18:02 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active20 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Jul 2026, 18:02 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender