Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 31 Jul 2025, 14:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Carbon Garden Project · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)

WorksAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Printed matter and related products (22)Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£1,400,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 25 Jan 2025no call for competition

Awarded to CityAxis Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A design and build contract using drawings issued by RBG Kew with specific landscape features and detailing to be designed by contractor as instructed for the build of the Carbon Garden at Kew.

CPV: Construction work · Designs

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Build of the Carbon Garden at KewAwarded

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

22314000 Designs

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: Works
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: 31 Jul 2025, 14:57 BST
Last source update: 31 Jul 2025, 14:57 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-044814
Classification (CPV): Construction workDesigns
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056a57 Find a Tender

Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure

Published justification

We conducted a competition via the London Construction Programme Major Works (LCP 2019) Framework and advertised to suppliers in Lot 2.1D, because of its pre-qualified shortlist of 5 contractors. The contractors invited to tender were:

City Axis Ltd
Kind Dimond Build Consortium (Kind & Company Ltd)
Logan Construction (SE) Ltd
Neilcott Construction Limited
Vinci Construction

Four of the contractors declined to tender and one offered an alternative proposal (a non-complaint bid). The alternative proposal is for a JCT PCSA for the design of the pavilion to meet budgeted costs followed by JCT 2024 Design and Build contract

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,400,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jan 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CityAxis LimitedSME	£1,400,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 044814-2025-1 · CityAxis LimitedSME
Signed
25 Jan 2025
Value
£1,400,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Contracting authorityPublic bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection GB-COH: 803428 THE HERBARIUM, KEW GREEN, London, TW93AEContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

City Axis LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02748683 London, England, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.