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Client Technical Advisor - Cathays Campus

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BuyerCARDIFF UNIVERSITY
StatusAwarded
Deadline20 May 2026
Value£333,333
Published23 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The appointment of a Client Technical Advisor to ensure that all technical aspects of the design, construction and move are undertaken in accordance with user requirements and all relevant legislation

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Client Technical Advisor - Cathays Campus

Statusactive
Value£325,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-067749
Latest release ID058961-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 23 2026 12:43:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033609-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Jun 2026award, contract058961-2026
8 Jun 2026award, contract053689-2026
14 Apr 2026tender033609-2026
30 Mar 2026planning028869-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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    "description": "Cardiff University Estates and College of Biological and Life Science are seeking capital funding to undertake works required to relocate the animal research from a basement area to upper floors of two adjoining buildings within the Cathays campus.\nIn 2025 the University engaged with consultants Stride Treglown Architects (STA) to carry out a feasibility study for these works at the Heath site, along with other works at the Cathays Campus. The works at the Heath site are to be progressed, further work is to be undertaken to establish a was forward for the Cathays site.\nThe planned completion of the works is July 2030, with occupation in October 2020.\nCardiff University is seeking the appointment of a Client Technical Advisor to assist with the project, particularly to ensure that all technical aspects of the design, construction and move are undertaken in accordance with user requirements and all relevant legislation, this should include validation of the facility. Separate tenders will be undertaken to appoint a Project and Cost Manager, plus a Multi-Disciplinary Design Team to progress this project through to completion. The technical advisor will work with the team to deliver a successful project. Success for this project means the relocation of facilities to the new location which meet the needs of the users and all relevant legislation within the available budget.\nBidders are required to sign an NDA for this procurement (without amendments), the NDA is available by emailing Julie Price - Pricejk@cardiff.ac.uk\nOnce bidders have signed and returned the NDA they will be attached to the project and the ITT documents will\nbe published to them.",
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30 Mar 2026 · 028869-2026 · planning
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