Official UK procurement notice
Construction Project Management and Conservation Professional Services Framework (CPMCPS)
Authority: NEUPC Ltd
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA Framework Agreement to appoint a pool of service providers to provide a range of Project Management and Conservation Professional Services. The Project Management consultancy services shall only be available to the NE5 group of Universities in the North-East which consists of the Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside Universities and their subsidiaries (some of which may be located outside the North-East of England). heritage and Conservation Consultancy services are available to all NEUPC Members across the UK.
CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building services consultancy services · Building surveying services · Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest · Construction-related services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering works and construction works · Miscellaneous building structures · Preservation services of historical buildings · Preservation services of historical sites and buildings
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 12 bids received · 16 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £5,000,000: 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 #1Construction Project Management Related ServicesCancelledRenewal North EastPublished value£30,000,000
The Authority is seeking to appoint a pool of around six talented consultancy firms for the provision of Construction Project Management Professional Services, who will support the five North East Universities by providing consultancy in Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Planning, Sustainability, Contract Administration, etc (a full list of the main and supplementary services being sought under this Lot can be found in the tender documents). Where necessary these services will support the University in delivering the Estates capital plans. Additional information: Future call off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European
Union funding, ERDF/ESF and other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. Full details of Lot A and the tender requirements can be found in the published tender
Lot #2Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and Fire Safety AdvisorsCancelledRenewal North Eastceiling above
The Authority is seeking to appoint a pool of around five talented consultancy firms or individuals for the provision of Construction Project Management Professional Services, who will support the five North East Universities by providing consultancy in Fire Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Where necessary these services will support the University in delivering the Estates capital plans. Additional information: Future call-off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union funding, ERDF/ESF and other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. Full details of Lot B and the tender requirements can be found in the published tender
Lot #3Building Surveyors, Clerks of Work and Principle DesignersCancelledRenewal North Eastceiling above
The Authority is seeking to appoint a pool of around five talented consultancy firms or individuals for the provision of Construction Project Management Professional Services, who will support the five North East Universities by providing consultancy in Building Surveying, Principle Designers and Clerks of Works. Where necessary these services will support the University in delivering the Estates capital plans. Additional information: Future call-off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union funding, ERDF/ESF and other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. Full details of Lot C and the tender requirements can be found in the published tender
Lot #4Heritage and Conservation Related Professional ServicesCancelledRenewal UKPublished value£24,000,000
The Authority is seeking to appoint a pool of around four talented consultancy firms or individuals for the provision of Construction Project Management Professional Services, who will support the five North East Universities and also NEUPC's wider members throughout the UK by providing consultancy in Conservation Architecture, Heritage Consultancy and Heritage Building Surveying (a full list of the main and supplementary services being sought under this Lot can be found in the tender documents). Where necessary these services will support the University Estates and Heritage Teams in maintaining and developing their sites of historic importance. Additional information: Future call-off contracts under this framework may be part funded from external streams, including European Union funding, ERDF/ESF and other research bodies. All funding assessed under this framework will be considered compliant for the purposes of external funding by the named participants. Full details of Lot D and the tender requirements can be found in the published tender
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 Questions: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Questions: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
NEUPC reserves the right to request a parent company guarantee of performance and financial liability
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Construction Project Management and Conservation Professional Services…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Apr 2024, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Apr 2026, 14:27 BST
- Authority reference
EFM2056NE- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030963- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04564bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: GO Reference: GO-202642-PRO-35643812
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.neupc.delta-esourcing.com ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 4 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
4 Jun 2024 → 2 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected4 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published202 days ago2 Apr 2026, 14:27 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Apr 2026, 14:27 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £5,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Construction Project Management Related Services
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2025
- Value
- £30,000,000
- Status
- active
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Fire Safety Advisors
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Building Surveyors, Clerk of Works and Principle Designers
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Heritage and Conservation Related Professional Services
- Signed
- 16 Apr 2025
- Value
- £24,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Framework contractors & participating bidders
18 commercial parties on the notice- AtkinsRealis PPS LtdFramework contractor
- Buttress Architects LtdFramework contractor
- Currie & Brown UK LtdFramework contractor
- Desco (Design & Consultancy) LtdFramework contractor
- EdgePS LtdFramework contractor
- Gardiner & Theobald LLPFramework contractor
- Gleeds Cost Management LtdFramework contractor
- Gotch, Saunders & Surridge LLP t/a GSSArchitecture LtdFramework contractor
- Identity Consult LtdFramework contractor
- JDDK Architects LtdFramework contractor
Show 8 more suppliers
- Purcell Architecture LtdFramework contractor
- RNJ PartnershipFramework contractor
- Rider Levett Bucknall UK LtdFramework contractor
- Rider Levett Bucknall UK LtdFramework contractor
- Simpson & BrownFramework contractor
- Summers Inman C&P Consultants LtdFramework contractor
- Summers-Inman C&P LtdFramework contractor
- Turner & Townsend Construction Management ltdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria