Official UK procurement notice
Architecture Design Services Framework
Authority: LHC Procurement Group (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionArchitecture Design Services framework is designed to provide an extensive range of architectural services, thereby catering to a diverse spectrum of requirements.
This framework is strategically divided into multiple distinct lots, an approach that provides both clients and bidders with a heightened degree of flexibility and choice.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 103 bids on the busiest of 8 lots · 47 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 3 and win at most 4 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Master PlanningAwarded
This lot includes full Architects' Services for modern methods of construction (MMC), offsite, and modular building projects and technologies.
Successful candidates have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
They will also have demonstrated, by example, excellent coordination, consultancy and design aptitudes in regard to MMC, offsite, and modular building projects and technologies.
Lot #2Education and Public BuildingsAwarded
This workstream includes full Architects' Services for new, remodelled and refurbishment projects in the education, social care and non-housing community buildings sectors, as well as the commercial and industrial buildings sectors.
Successful candidates have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #3Residential AccomodationPlanned
Full architect services for low, medium or high-rise
residential accommodation projects
Lot #4Retrofit & Decarbonisation Design ServicesAwarded
This workstream will include full architects' services for retrofit & decarbonisation projects and consultancy.
Successful candidates have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
They also have demonstrated, by example, excellent coordination, consultancy and design aptitudes in regard to retrofit and decarbonisation projects, showing an ability to work in line with PAS 2035. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #5MMC Architecture ServicesAwarded
This lot includes full Architects' Services for modern methods of construction (MMC), offsite, and modular building projects and technologies.
Successful candidates have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
They will also have demonstrated, by example, excellent coordination, consultancy and design aptitudes in regard to MMC, offsite, and modular building projects and technologies. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #6Public Realm and LandscapeAwarded
This workstream includes full Architects' or Landscape Architects' Services for projects in the public realm.
Successful candidates have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
They will also have demonstrated, by example, an excellent capability in the creation of imaginative, flexible, practical and future proofed solutions together with an awareness of historic context, character, identity and place, long life and low maintenance. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #7Micro/Small ArchitectsAwarded
This design workstream is targeted at practices that are Micro or Small organisations.
Successful candidates have demonstrated through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
Practices that bid for this workstream have an annual turnover of less than £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds). Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #8HomesAwarded
This lot will include full Architects' Services for any low, medium or high-rise housing projects.
This lot will be divided into two value bands:
- Lot 3a - VB1 £0 - £ 20million
- Lot 3b - VB2 £20 million +
The above value bands relate to the overall project construction value. They are not specific to the architect services contract value. Successful candidates will have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
Lot #9HomesAwarded
This lot will include full Architects' Services for any low, medium or high-rise housing projects.
This workstream will be divided into two value bands:
- Lot 3a - VB1 £0 - £ 20million
- Lot 3b - VB2 £20 million +
The above value bands relate to the overall project construction value. They are not specific to the architect services contract value. Successful candidates will have demonstrated, through the ITT evaluation processes, excellent capabilities in project and team management, imbedding and delivering project specific social value, stakeholder engagement and consultation, project brief development, innovation, design skills, pre- and post-contract management and cost management.
They will also have demonstrated, by example, awareness of and excellent capability in social context, sustainability and low energy use in the realm of housing consultation, design, and delivery. Additional information: 10 spaces to be appointed.
8 spaces open to all bidders.
2 spaces reserved for Micro/Small practices.
LHC PG will appoint a reserve list of 2 (two). These will be the 11th and 12th ranked Bidders for each lot.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Master Planning | 80% | 20% | |
| 2 · Education and Public Buildings | 80% | 20% | |
| 8 · Homes | 80% | 20% | |
| 9 · Homes | 80% | 20% | |
| 4 · Retrofit & Decarbonisation Design Services | 80% | 20% | |
| 5 · MMC Architecture Services | 80% | 20% | |
| 6 · Public Realm and Landscape | 80% | 20% | |
| 7 · Micro/Small Architects | 80% | 20% |
- Suitability
Mandatory Membership of the Architects Registration Board (ARB) is a mandatory requirement for this framework
- Economic & financial standing
Lot 7 - Turnover maximum of £1 million for financial year 2023/2024
Creditsafe, Liquidity, Profitability checks for all bidders - refer to ITT for details
Minimum: Refer to ITT for more information
- Price carries 20 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2 points.
- “Architecture Design Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Apr 2024, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 09:57 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Dec 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ADS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098782- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045495Find a Tender
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 240 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 Dec 2024, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Aug 2024 → 20 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Next notice expected7 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Dec 2024, 09:00 GMT
- Notice published2 days ago20 Oct 2026, 09:57 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Oct 2024- Published value published: £75,000,00029 Oct 2024, 16:22 GMT
- Status changed to active29 Oct 2024, 16:22 GMT
- Procurement method changed29 Oct 2024, 16:22 GMT
- Deadline published: 17 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT29 Oct 2024, 16:22 GMT
- Status changed to complete23 Jul 2026, 17:56 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Jul 2026, 17:56 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Oct 2026, 09:57 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-04: 1 release · 23 Apr 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 9 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £75,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Master Planning
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Education & Public Buildings
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Homes - £0-20 million (Constructi0n Value)
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Homes - £20+ million (Construction Value)
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Retrofit & Decarbonisation Design Services
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
MMC Architecture Services
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Public Realm and Landscape
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Micro/SME Architects
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
MMC Architecture Services
- Signed
- 10 May 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
- Change None, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Companies House for one of the contractors was wrong, this has now been corrected via the modification
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Master Planning | 59bids · 59 electronic | 53 | — | — |
| 2 · Education and Public Buildings | 103bids · 103 electronic | 97 | — | — |
| 4 · Retrofit & Decarbonisation Design Services | 50bids · 50 electronic | 50 | — | — |
| 5 · MMC Architecture Services | 23bids · 23 electronic | 22 | — | — |
| 6 · Public Realm and Landscape | 18bids · 18 electronic | 17 | — | — |
| 7 · Micro/Small Architects | 86bids · 86 electronic | 86 | — | — |
| 8 · Homes | 98bids · 97 electronic | 94 | — | — |
| 9 · Homes | 70bids · 68 electronic | 63 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
- High Court Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
51 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 51 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- 5th Studio LtdFramework contractor
- A M Nicholson Limited trading as amn architectsFramework contractor
- Amanda Reynolds Urbanism LimitedFramework contractor
- Assemble Design LtdFramework contractor
- BD landscape architectsFramework contractor
- Bailey Partnership (Group) LtdFramework contractor
- Broadway Malyan LtdFramework contractor
- Broadway Malyan LtdFramework contractor
- Carter Gregson GrayFramework contractor
- Cartwright Pickard Architects LimitedFramework contractor
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- CarverHaggardFramework contractor
- David Miller LimitedFramework contractor
- ECD ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Farrer Huxley LimitedFramework contractor
- Gibson ThornleyFramework contractor
- Gort Scott LimitedFramework contractor
- Gort Scott LimitedFramework contractor
- HNW Architects LimitedFramework contractor
- HNW Architects LimitedFramework contractor
- Jan Kattein ArchitectsFramework contractor
- KAEBCA LLPFramework contractor
- KKM Architects LtdFramework contractor
- Karakusevic Carson ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Kjellander Sjoberg Architects LtdFramework contractor
- L D A Design Consulting LtdFramework contractor
- L D A Design Consulting LtdFramework contractor
- LSI Architects (Design) LimitedFramework contractor
- Langstaff Day ArchitectsFramework contractor
- McBains LimitedFramework contractor
- NOOMA Studio LtdFramework contractor
- Nugent Vallis Brierley LimitedFramework contractor
- Ove Arup & Partners LimitedFramework contractor
- Patel Taylor ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Pellings LLPFramework contractor
- Periscope Landscape & Architecture LtdFramework contractor
- Pollard Thomas EdwardsFramework contractor
- Pozzoni Architecture LtdFramework contractor
- Richard Markland ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Scott Brownrigg LtdFramework contractor
- Sheppard Robson ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Simone de Gale Architects LtdFramework contractor
- SimpsonHaugh Architects LimitedFramework contractor
- SimpsonHaugh Architects LimitedFramework contractor
- Squared Architects LtdFramework contractor
- WadhalFramework contractor
- Waugh Thistleton ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Weston Williamson + Partners LLPFramework contractor
- Wonky Architecture LtdFramework contractor
- daab design ArchitectsFramework contractor
- rg+p Living LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.