Official UK procurement notice
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionUUW has a responsibility to its employees to ensure safe and suitable working conditions are provided, and also a responsibility to our customers to ensure there is no damage to properties or such damage is rectified where appropriate.
In order to achieve this, United Utilities are procuring a Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy framework with the following lot structure:
Lot 1a - Building Compliance Risk Assessments
Lot 1b - Remedial Work relating to Asbestos
Lot 2 - Structural Engineering Surveys
CPV: Asbestos removal services · Building consultancy services · Building services consultancy services · Building-fabric consultancy services · Health and safety consultancy services · Health and safety services · Risk or hazard assessment other than for construction · Structural engineering consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers · 6 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (0.4 per place) · 14 appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £2,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Structural Engineering SurveysCancelledPublished value£4,000,000
The Contract is for the provision of consultant structural and building engineering services in relation to projects within the Company’s capital investment programme (Programme Services), Network Services (Water and Wastewater Business Operations) and Property Services (Operational Property).
The services under this Contract are the execution of duties by suitably qualified Chartered Building Surveyors or Chartered Civil or Structural Engineers with relevant experience under the following categories of work:
- Pre Construction Report (External only)
- Interim Construction Report (External only)
- Post Construction Report (External only)
- Pre Construction Report (External & Internal)
- Interim Construction Report (External & Internal)
- Post Construction Report (External & Internal)
- Structural Surveys for one-off property
- Full Structural Engineering Report (SER)
- Full SER plus Invasive Investigation
- Full SER & Calculations/drawings
- Civil/Structural Engineering Advice
- Civil/Structural Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes
- Building Surveying Advice/Expert Report for Litigation purposes
Lot #2Building Compliance Risk AssessmentsCancelledceiling above
- Water Hygiene (Legionella) Risk Assessment Surveys of domestic and operational water systems at various sites throughout the Northwest.
- Sampling, monitoring and analysis relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) at various sites throughout the Northwest.
- Specialist consultancy advice relating to Water Hygiene (Legionella) and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under ACOP L8 and all relevant legislation.
- Fire Risk Assessment Surveys at various properties throughout the Northwest.
- Specialist consultancy advice relating to fire safety and discharge of statutory building compliance requirements under Fire Safety Order (2005).
- Specialist consultancy advice relating to the resolution of Fire Safety actions.
- Asbestos Management Surveys of various buildings, engineering structures throughout the Northwest.
- Asbestos Refurbishment and Demolition Surveys, of various buildings and engineering structures throughout the Northwest.
- Sampling and analysis relating to Asbestos at various sites throughout the Northwest.
- Project supervision and Asbestos Analyst activities during asbestos abatement projects at various sites throughout the Northwest.
- General/specialist consultancy advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Legionella, Fire and Asbestos as required.
Lot #3Remedial Work relating to AsbestosCancelledceiling above
- Asbestos removal, clearance and abatement activities at various sites throughout the Northwest.
- General / specialist advice and training to the Company in matters relating to Asbestos remediation as required.
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Question: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Question: 60
- Commercial: 40
- Suitability
Please refer to procurement documents
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 15 suppliers, 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- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Jan 2025, 16:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2026, 13:42 GMT
- Authority reference
PRO004858- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000679- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d4cbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 21 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Feb 2025 → 6 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown21 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published292 days ago6 Jan 2026, 13:42 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Jan 2026, 13:42 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast14 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 11 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Compliance and Property Services Consultancy
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Structural Engineering Surveys | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Building Compliance Risk Assessments | 5bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Remedial Work relating to Asbestos | 6bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
14 commercial parties on the notice- APEC Environmental LimitedFramework contractor
- Airborne Environmental Consultants LtdFramework contractor
- Aspect Contracts LtdFramework contractor
- Bradley Environmental Consultants LimitedFramework contractor
- Ductclean (UK) LtdFramework contractor
- Erith Contractors LtdFramework contractor
- Gateley Smithers PurslowFramework contractor
- Intelligent Environmental Services LimitedFramework contractor
- JNP Group Consulting Engineers LtdFramework contractor
- Rhodar Industrial Services LimitedFramework contractor
Show 4 more suppliers
- Tersus Consultancy LtdFramework contractor
- WSP UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Watts Group LimitedFramework contractor
- Woods Building Services Ltd t/a AA WoodsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria