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Published 24 Aug 2026, 12:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Barbican Renewal Programme - MEP Programme

Official notice

Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)

WorksCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£50,000,000≈ £19m / year · £60,000,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Oct 2026
Next notice expected 14 Sept 2026
Contract term 2 yrs 7 moends 21 Sept 2029 · up to 21 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 22 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This trade contract package comprises the Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) strip-out and renewal works forming part of the Barbican Renewal Programme (BRP), a major infrastructure renewal of the existing, occupied Barbican Centre on behalf of the City of London Corporation (Contracting Authority, operating the Barbican Arts Centre as Employer). The works are to be let under a JCT CM/TC 2024 Trade Contract, delivered under a Construction Management approach, with Blue Sky Building appointed as Construction Manager and Gardiner & Theobald LLP as Lead Consultant.

This is a strip-out and renewal package, not new-build construction. The works comprise the removal of existing, life-expired MEP infrastructure and the installation of new plant, distribution and containment across multiple basement plant levels and public floors of a large, live, publicly operated arts venue comprising a concert hall, cinemas, art galleries, conservatory, library, function rooms and car parks. The Trade Contractor will be required to work around continued public operation of the Centre, including phased access, a full 12-month closure period from end June 2028, isolation and shutdown of live building services, and interfacing with retained plant and systems, across every work area described below

The MEP package is a single trade contract comprising the following designated work area sections:

  • MEP Infrastructure and Site-Wide Systems
  • Conservatory
  • Art Gallery Foyer
  • Curve Gallery
  • Main Foyers
  • Stair 8
  • Catering Block

The Barbican Centre is classed as a Higher-Risk Building (HRB) under the Building Safety Act 2022 and falls within the remit of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR); the Trade Contractor is to allow for the relevant Gateway compliance obligations throughout delivery.

  • How the procedure runs: Stage 1. Invitation to Participate (ITP) Stage 2 Invitation to tender ITT) Comprising of: - Structured workshops and site visits with shortlisted candidates, at which project-specific constraints and risks (including occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access and logistics, and phased/closure-period sequencing) will be formally communicated by the Contracting Authority and design team. - Technical submission - Commercial submission - Interview

CPV: Building installation work · Mechanical and electrical engineering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrs 7 moPublished value£50,000,000
Contract period: 22 Feb 2027 – 21 Sept 2029 (2 yrs 7 mo) · up to 21 Mar 2030 with extensionsValue: £50,000,000 exc. VAT · £60,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: London
Extensions: The following items represent scope where this MEP package and Demolition and Structures strip-out or survey effort overlap, or are not separately demarcated between the two packages. They are set out here for pricing coordination between the two packages. • Shaft access equipment and walls/doors/floors strip-out (Infrastructure): the strip-out of walls, doors and floors, clean/repair/make good within existing shafts, and strip-out of access equipment in shafts within the infrastructure shafts. • General strip-out demarcation — Conservatory, Foyers, Catering Block, Art Gallery Foyer. Further demarcation is under review. • Retention and reuse of the existing ventilation riser pair fed from the Foyer basement AHU. With strip-out and replacement of non-compliant/damaged fire dampers with new motorised smoke/fire dampers in fire-rated builder's-work plenums. full ductwork and damper replacement, rather than the damper-only basis. · Extensions may be used if there is programme overrun due to unforeseen events, such as discoveries.Second stage: up to 4 candidates invited to tender
45300000 Building installation work71334000 Mechanical and electrical engineering services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)3
  • Economic & financial standing

    Suppliers will be required to meet the conditions of participation set out in the tender documents. These include minimum requirements for financial capacity, insurance, modern slavery and data protection. In addition, suppliers will be required to respond to scored questions regarding experience. The highest scoring bidders who meet the conditions of participation will be invited to participate in the next tender stage in accordance with the methodology set out in the tender documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    As specified in the tender documents

  • Condition of participation

    The ITP will set out the information which bidders are required to provide to the City to enable it to draw up a list of up to a maximum of 4 pre-qualified applicants who will be able to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. In the event that a bidder or multiple bidders achieve the same moderated score as the 4th placed bidder, those bidders will also be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.

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What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 45%
  • Responsible procurement: 15%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to a number of sub-weighted questions relating to organisation, H&S, Risk Management, Programme / method statement, Quality and delivery, BSA/HRA, Supply chain, Design Management. In addition, all shortlisted suppliers will be required to attend a scored interview
  • Commercial: Suppliers’ commercial responses will evaluated against total contract cost. The commercial evaluation methodology is set out in the tender documents.
  • Responsible procurement: Suppliers will be required to submit responses to set out how they will deliver against climate action initiatives and social value.
Conditions of participation3
  • Economic & financial standing

    Suppliers will be required to meet the conditions of participation set out in the tender documents. These include minimum requirements for financial capacity, insurance, modern slavery and data protection. In addition, suppliers will be required to respond to scored questions regarding experience. The highest scoring bidders who meet the conditions of participation will be invited to participate in the next tender stage in accordance with the methodology set out in the tender documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    As specified in the tender documents

  • Condition of participation

    The ITP will set out the information which bidders are required to provide to the City to enable it to draw up a list of up to a maximum of 4 pre-qualified applicants who will be able to proceed to the next stage of the procurement. In the event that a bidder or multiple bidders achieve the same moderated score as the 4th placed bidder, those bidders will also be invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement.

    shortlisting
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Works
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
24 Aug 2026, 12:54 BST
Last source update
14 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 22 Oct 2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086888
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Building installation workMechanical and electrical engineering services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea78 Find a Tender
How it runs

Stage 1. Invitation to Participate (ITP)

Stage 2 Invitation to tender ITT)

Comprising of:

  • Structured workshops and site visits with shortlisted candidates, at which project-specific constraints and risks (including occupied-building working, heritage constraints, restricted access and logistics, and phased/closure-period sequencing) will be formally communicated by the Contracting Authority and design team.
  • Technical submission
  • Commercial submission
  • Interview
Review and risk notes
Risks

The contract may require modification in the event of project overrun to ensure continuation of service and technical expertise is retained from the service provider (for example to provide additional works)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Requests to participate (first stage)
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘City of London Corporation Sourcing & Contracts Portal’ (cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free

Timeline

24 Aug 2026 → 22 Feb 2027 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published63 days ago
    24 Aug 2026, 12:54 BST
  2. Tender notice published42 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST
  3. Next notice expected42 days ago
    14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by24 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline14 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by4 days ago
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  7. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  8. Contract startsin 118 days
    22 Feb 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Aug 2026
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    24 Aug 2026, 12:54 BST
    UK3
  2. Tender notice published
    14 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST
    UK4
  3. Status changed to active
    14 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYQD-1693-MYXR PO Box 270, City of London, London, EC2P 2EJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender