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Published 23 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Design Lead for Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum Conservation

Official notice

Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£359,000≈ £120k / year
Submissions closed 28 Feb 2025awarded 2 Jul 2025
Awarded to Purcell Architecture Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A suitably qualified consultant to lead and manage the design team and design a programme of works at the Russell-Cotes art gallery and museum

CPV: Architectural and related services · Building consultancy services · Building services consultancy services · Buildings of particular historical or architectural interest · Construction consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
i

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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Refer to procurement documents.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidder must be at least one of the following:

    (i) Specialist conservation architects or conservation architects on the RIBA Conservation Register; or

    (ii) Chartered building surveyors on the Surveyors Register of RICS Certified Historic Building Professionals; or

    (iii) CIAT-accredited conservationists on the CIAT Directory of Accredited Conservationists will be considered

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Jan 2025, 15:18 GMT
Last source update
2 Jul 2025, 09:26 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN760314
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036620
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and related servicesBuilding consultancy servicesBuilding services consultancy servicesBuildings of particular historical or architectural interestConstruction consultancy servicesConsultative engineering and construction services
Delivery area
South West (UKK24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d5ca Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Please note that if a bid is received from a consortium or from two suppliers then words will be added to the contract to enable suppliers to be held liable for performance individually or jointly (joint and several liability).

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In accordance with Regulation 86 (notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (standstill period) and Regulations 91 (enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
28 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Feb 2025 → 2 Jul 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    28 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 09:26 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Jul 2025, 09:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £98,0491 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 9
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Purcell Architecture Ltd£98,049 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Design Lead for Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum Conservation · Purcell Architecture Ltd

    Signed
    2 Jul 2025
    Value
    £98,049
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services BCP Council, Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, South West, BH2 6DYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria