CHIC Consultancy Framework 2026-30

Official notice

Authority: Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")

Framework agreement13 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Real estate services (70)Architecture & Engineering (71)

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Administration, defence and social security services (75)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Recreational, cultural and sporting services (92)

Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)£123,600,000total for 13 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update

Submissions closed 25 Mar 2026awarded 4 Sept 2026

Awarded to AHR BUILDING CONSULTANCY LIMITED +46 more13 awards

Framework period 4 yrsends 29 Jun 2030 · starts 30 Jun 2026

What is being bought13 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

CHIC is seeking to establish a multi-disciplinary consultancy framework that can be accessed by existing and future members of CHIC. The scope and potential lot structure will cover a wide range of built environment related professional consultancy services comprising but not restricted to Building Surveying services, Contract Administration, Employers Agent, Quantity Surveying services, and Principal Designer and any other roles that may be required to support the delivery of high quality, on time, on budget works. Support may be required at any project stage from Inception to Post Completion/In Use and may be in relation to Planned Works Programmes, individual works contracts, or any other projects that may arise during the term.

The Framework Agreement will be for the provision of construction related professional services by a number of consultants and their supply chains.

The Framework will provide national coverage across the United Kingdom (UK). The opportunity is provided for suppliers to identify those areas or regions where they will be able to provide a service.

CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural services for outdoor areas · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Bridge-design services · Building consultancy services · Building surveying services · Building-fabric consultancy services · Building-inspection services · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Civil engineering consultancy services · +41 more

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Open framework
Call-offs: call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Bids received: 67 bids on the busiest of 13 lots · 146 suppliers appointed
Framework period: 4 yrs from 30 Jun 2026
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %): 4% of call-off value

Who may buy through it

Refer to Procurement Information Documents (PID).

Published description of the framework

CHIC is acting as a Centralised Procurement Authority (CPA) for our members (Contracting Authorities). Members that decide to use the framework must comply with the Act and they can delegate their obligations to carry out call-off exercises in whole or in part to CHIC.

Call-off contracts may be awarded with or without competition(direct award contract(DAC)).Any DAC by a member will be subject to a business case complying with the objective mechanism of the framework and the core terms of the call-off contracts. A 'competitive selection process' will be used including 'conditions of participation' to assess suppliers' technical ability to perform the contract.

In a competitive selection process, any assessment of suppliers' proposals must be based on some or all of the award criteria used to assess tenders at framework award, which may be refined,e.g.,additional sub-criteria may be included or the criteria explained further. Call-off contracts may extend beyond the term of the framework.

Lots and requirements (13)Procurement structure

13 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £9,600,000: 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 #1Integrated Consultancy Team ( ICT)Awarded 4 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£18,000,000

The source published no individual description for this lot.

Contract period: 30 Jun 2026 – 29 Jun 2030 (4 yrs)Value: £18,000,000 exc. VAT · £18,000,000 inc. VAT