Official UK procurement notice
CA18/5956 Construction, Environmental & Technical Professional Services Framework (CETPS)
Authority: Mining Remediation Authority (Central government)
For consultants to be appointed onto the framework for the provision of professional services relating to addressing the impacts of past mining activities. These services include civil, structural and geotechnical engineering; mining and environmental assessment and management; specialist technical consultancy; professional secondment support; investigations into infrastructure and land damage; and environmental remediation, including mine water management and treatment solutions. Support sustainable and responsible delivery, including environmental stewardship, social value commitments, ethical business practices and SME participation where appropriate. Published lot titles: Mine Water Treatment Schemes and Civil & Structural Engineering; Ecology and Wider Environmental Services; Lot 3: Treatability Services; Consultancy: Planning and Delivery Oversight.
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFor consultants to be appointed onto the framework for the provision of professional services relating to addressing the impacts of past mining activities.
These services include civil, structural and geotechnical engineering; mining and environmental assessment and management; specialist technical consultancy; professional secondment support; investigations into infrastructure and land damage; and environmental remediation, including mine water management and treatment solutions.
Objectives and Requirement
The Authority requires the Framework to deliver the following outcomes:
•Support the Authority's statutory responsibilities and strategic objectives by providing timely access to high-quality specialist construction, environmental and technical professional services.
•Protect and enhance the environment through the provision of expert advice, design, assessment, investigation, monitoring and remediation services that address the impacts of historic mining activities and associated environmental risks.
•Provide access to specialist expertise and capacity where internal resources, skills or capability are limited, ensuring the Authority can effectively deliver its programmes and projects.
•Deliver value for money through innovative, proportionate and commercially sustainable solutions that achieve the required outcomes while making effective use of public funds.
•Promote collaboration and continuous improvement, working with the Authority to share knowledge, identify efficiencies, introduce innovation and support framework development throughout its duration.
Support sustainable and responsible delivery, including environmental stewardship, social value commitments, ethical business practices and SME participation where appropriate.
Provide reliable and high-quality service delivery, ensuring outputs are delivered to agreed timescales, quality standards and project requirements.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Project management consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 21 Jun 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 20 Jun 2031
Published description of the framework
The Client may award a Call-off Contract under the Framework using one of the following routes:
•Award without further competition using the Selection Procedure, where the requirement satisfies the applicable Award without further competition conditions;
•Request for Quotation, where the Client seeks a proportionate written quotation from the Consultant s appointed to the relevant Lot or Sub-lot; or
•Competitive Selection Process, where Consultant s appointed to the relevant Lot or Sub-lot are invited to submit tenders that are evaluated against the award criteria and weightings stated in the invitation.
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Mine Water Treatment Schemes and Civil & Structural EngineeringPublished value£6,000,000
Scoping, feasibility, design, supervision and project management services for mine water treatment schemes, civil and structural engineering interventions, existing assets and associated investigations.
Lot #2Ecology and Wider Environmental ServicesPublished value£1,400,000
Multidisciplinary ecological and environmental consultancy services, including surveys, assessment, environmental impact work, monitoring, management and regulatory compliance.
Sub-Lot 2a: Specialist Ecology Surveys, Assessments and Reporting
Targeted ecological consultancy, surveys, assessments, technical reporting, mitigation strategies, licensing support and ecological supervision.
Sub-Lot 2b: Specialist Environmental Monitoring, Compliance and Advisory
Specialist environmental monitoring, audits, compliance assessments, environmental management, mine gas and water investigations and associated technical advice
Lot #3Treatability ServicesPublished value£900,000
Multidisciplinary assessment, testing, optioneering and development of passive, semi-passive and active mine water treatment solutions, including laboratory, field and pilot-scale trials.
Sub-Lot 3a: Passive and Semi-Passive Treatment for Mine Waters
Specialist advice, assessment, testing and design relating to nature-based, biological, geochemical or gravity-driven mine water treatment processes.
Sub-Lot 3b: Active Treatment for Mine Waters
Specialist advice, assessment, testing and design relating to operated chemical, mechanical, electrical and process-based mine water treatment systems.
Lot #4Consultancy: Planning and Delivery OversightPublished value£1,100,000
Lot 4a: Planning and Consents
Planning strategy and advice, feasibility studies, preparation and submission of planning applications, stakeholder engagement and management of planning and regulatory approvals.
Lot 4b: Economic Assessment, including Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost-benefit assessment and economic analysis, including environmental and social valuation, to support decision-making and business cases
Lot 4c: Project and Programme Management and Commercial Advisory
Project and programme management, NEC contract management, construction oversight, delivery assurance, cost management, programme controls and commercial advisory services.
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 Criteria: 50%
- Commercial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Criteria: The evaluation model calculates the Price per Quality offered by an individual tender by dividing the submitted price by the quality score. The tender with the lowest PPQP score will be judged to be the most advantageous tender.
- Commercial: The evaluation model calculates the Price per Quality offered by an individual tender by dividing the submitted price by the quality score. The tender with the lowest PPQP score will be judged to be the most advantageous tender.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “CA18/5956 Construction, Environmental & Technical Professional…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Open framework scheme
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Apr 2026, 11:06 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
CA18/5956- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101485- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068c66Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
In order to register for this opportunity please log onto - inbye.coal.gov.uk/s2c/ ↗. Once a bidder is registered and you have been notified of your log in details, you will be able to log into the system and review the documentation for this project.
Timeline
28 Apr 2026 → 21 Jun 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published194 days ago28 Apr 2026, 11:06 BST
- Market engagement170 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO EXPRESS FORMAL INTEREST
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This Expression of Interest is intended to assess supplier interest ahead of the potential competitive Procurement under the Procurement Act 2023. It is anticipated that this would be launched during August 2026 with a potential Award in March/April 2027.
Please note this is only a call for interest and there are no documents to be downloaded at this time. Once you have expressed your interest on the InBye portal we will email you a small questionnaire for completion in due course.
All details presented are approximate and may be subject to change prior to launch.
This expression of interest will close to new applications on Friday 22nd of April.
Use of the Inbye Portal is free but will require you to register for the competition.
- Next notice expected76 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published46 days ago23 Sept 2026, 14:37 BST
- Clarification questions by13 days ago26 Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Latest notice published12 days ago27 Oct 2026, 12:13 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends2 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown6 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Today8 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 130 days18 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 223 days21 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Apr 2026, 11:06 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published30 Jul 2026, 15:12 BSTUK3
- Published value published: £9,400,00030 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Status changed to planned30 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Procurement method changed30 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST30 Jul 2026, 15:12 BST
- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 14:37 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active23 Sept 2026, 14:37 BST
- Deadline moved to 6 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT23 Sept 2026, 14:37 BST+21 days · was 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published27 Oct 2026, 12:13 GMTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Framework Procedure changed as the original UK4 was published as an Open Framework. This was a administrative error and none of the published tender documents referenced an open framework. This framework is an above threshold open procedure.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
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Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender