Official UK procurement notice
Asbestos Management, Reinspection and Refurbishment and Demolition Surveys - Housing
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)
Awarded value£800,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Riverside Environmental Services
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAsbestos consultancy, surveying & analytical works carried out for Reading Borough Councils domestic and communal areas
CPV: Building surveying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Mar 2026, 10:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2026, 10:40 GMT
- Authority reference
25-S-026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028370- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067627Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
A permissible direct award call off was undertaken via the National Framework Partnership Asbestos Inspection framework; as such an opportunity notice was not published as the framework is closed and not accepting new contractors.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £800,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Environmental ServicesSMEAsbestos Consultancy, Surveying & Analytical Services | £800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Asbestos Consultancy, Surveying & Analytical Services · Riverside Environmental ServicesSME
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Riverside Environmental Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.