Official UK procurement notice
Design, Supply and Installation of Permanent and Temporary Modular Buildings
Authority: LHC Procurement Group for the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis opportunity has been listed on behalf of LHC and our regional businesses:
Consortium Procurement Construction (CPC)
London and South East (LSE)
Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA)
South-West Procurement Alliance (SWPA)
Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)
LHC Procurement Group is seeking suitable organisations for our Modular Buildings framework. This new framework will replace LHC's successful Modular Buildings Framework (MB2) Framework which expires May 2025 and will be for the provision of Modular Buildings for the public sector for use by:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Emergency Services
- Offices
- Community related buildings including sport facilities, theatres, & other types of community buildings
- Residential projects where they are part of a mixed use development or for student accommodation for schools and universities
The framework will cover the design, supply, installation and hire of permanent, temporary, and refurbished modular buildings for the public sector and tenderers will be required to offer a full turn key solution, providing all services required to deliver a full project from design through to handover.
The workstreams included in this framework are as follows, please access the tender documentation area of the project to see full details and lots:
Workstream 1 – Permanent Modular Buildings
Workstream 2 – Healthcare Buildings
Workstream 3 – Hire of Temporary Buildings
Workstream 4 – Refurbished Buildings
Whilst this is a national framework, each lot is broken down into a number of regional areas allowing bidders to apply for this framework in the regional areas most suited to them.
CPV: Prefabricated buildings
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 19 bids received · 23 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Workstream 1 - Permanent Modular BuildingsAwardedRenewal
Workstream 1 covers the supply and installation of all types of permanent modular buildings EXCEPT healthcare related buildings. This shall include (but not be limited to):
- Educational buildings
- Non-educational buildings
- Buildings for use by emergency services
- Office buildings
- Community related buildings (including sport facilities, theatres and other types of community related buildings) Additional information: LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Lot #2Workstream 2 - Healthcare BuildingsAwardedRenewal
Workstream 2 covers the supply and installation of permanent modular buildings specifically related to the needs and requirement of healthcare providers. This shall include (but not be limited to):
- Primary healthcare facilities
- Hospital wards and accommodation and
- Specialist operating theatres Additional information: LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
Lot #3Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary BuildingsAwardedRenewal
Workstream 3 relates to the hire of temporary buildings primarily focused on educational, offices and temporary healthcare facilities however suppliers will be able to offer other type of buildings to hire through this workstream.
Lot #4Workstream 4 - Refurbished BuildingsAwardedRenewal
Workstream 4 relates to the provision of refurbished units either manufactured by the supplier or procured from 3rd party organisations. Additional information: LHC intend to appoint up to eight (8) bidders per regional area to ensure Clients have adequate service coverage within each region. LHC reserve the right to appoint additional bidders where LHC deems it appropriate to support client needs and local / regional representation of appointees to the Framework.
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 (5)
- General Technical: 15%
- Technical Capability: 20%
- Regional Response: 20%
- Factory Assessment: 15%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
- General Technical: 15
- Technical Capability: 20
- Regional Response: 20
- Factory Assessment: 15
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Bidders will be required to demonstrate they have the appropriate competencies and hold specific qualifications and/or accreditations as appropriate for the scope of services expected to be delivered through each workstream.
Please refer to the MB3 ITT for further information regarding associated requirements.
- Economic & financial standing
For the financial stability assessment, LHCs’ financial team will undertake the following process to carry out a robust assessment of a Bidders' financial standing:
- Credit score – LHC use Creditsafe to carry out initial checking of a Bidders’ financial status and help inform the subsequent assessments carried out by LHC. Should any financial risk or low score be flagged within the Creditsafe information, LHC may also review independent reports from other credit referencing agencies such as Equifax, Dunn & Bradstreet and Baker Tilly to help inform our assessment.
- Annual Turnover - Bidders will be assessed based on their average annual turnover for the past 3 years by comparison to the minimum turnover requirements set out in the contract notice and/or tender document documents for the lot/s they have applied for.
- Profitability, Stability and Liquidity Assessment – Bidders will be assessed on their financial stability based on a range of financial information obtained from the Bidders annual accounts.
- Technical & professional ability
General Technical Questions – These are general quality questions that LHCPG consider to be equally applicable to all workstreams. Irrespective of the number of lots the Bidder is applying for they will only need to complete this once, and the scores provided by LHC following our assessment will be applied consistently for all lots the Bidder applies for. A Bidder response template for these questions is provided.
Workstream Specific Technical Questions - The template/s required to be completed are dependent on the lots the bidder is applying for. A Bidder response template for these questions is provided.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
There will be a total of four general questions and three technical specific workstream questions. Each question will be scored from 0 - 5, with the scoring matrix available in the published ITT.
LHC reserves the right to reject submissions that do not achieve at least 50% of the maximum possible weighted score for the technical questions.
If the bidder should score a 0 (zero) on any of the scored elements of the quality criteria, they shall be deemed not to have achieved a minimum acceptable quality standard.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Design, Supply and Installation of Permanent and Temporary Modular…” 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 12 Jun 2024, 11:27 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
MB3- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071219- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046f54Find a Tender
Publisher note: LHC Procurement Group Limited is a not for profit central purchasing body acting on behalf of contracting authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland (including partners of the Scottish Procurement Alliance, Welsh Procurement Alliance, and South West Procurement Alliance) for whom we continue to monitor up to 500 live projects at any one time. Thanks to their ongoing and collective feedback and input into the development of this framework and given the reach and scale of their collective portfolios, the framework is both designed and anticipated to support the vast majority of requirements. Consequently, other contracting authorities that were not specifically consulted in the development of this framework may nevertheless also deem the framework to offer a value for money procurement solution for their own requirements and may also use the framework. As of the date of publication of this notice our frameworks may be used by all contracting authorities in England, Wales and Scotland as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as listed on: https://www.cpconstruction.org.uk/who-we-work-with/ https://lse.lhcprocure.org.uk/who-we-work-with/ https://www.scottishprocurement.scot/who-we-work-with/ https://www.swpa.org.uk/who-we-work-with/ https://www.welshprocurement.cymru/who-we-work-with/ including, but not limited to Registered social landlords (RSL's), tenant management organisations (TMOs) and arm's length management organisations (ALMOs), local authorities and any subsidiaries and joint-venture vehicles of those local authorities, health authorities, councils, boards and trusts, publicly funded schools, universities and further education establishments, colleges, police forces, fire and rescue services or registered charities. LHC clients may add community benefit requirements in their call-off contracts from this Framework including but not limited to: - to generate employment and training opportunities for priority groups; - vocational training; - to up-skill the existing workforce; - equality and diversity initiatives; - to make sub-contracting opportunities available to SMEs, the third sector and supported businesses; - supply-chain development activity; - to build capacity in community organisations; - educational support initiatives. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=734571. (SC Ref:814844)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 31 Oct 2024, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
4 Sept 2024 → 5 Nov 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected4 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened31 Oct 2024, 14:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published351 days ago5 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMT
Notice history
12 events · 11 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2024- Status changed to active19 Sept 2024, 17:57 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Sept 2024, 17:57 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Oct 2024, 12:00 GMT19 Sept 2024, 17:57 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Sept 2024, 08:42 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Sept 2024, 08:45 BST
- Deadline moved to 14 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT10 Oct 2024, 11:32 BST+14 days · was 31 Oct 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Oct 2024, 11:34 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Oct 2024, 12:04 BST
- Status changed to complete5 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Jun 2025, 16:13 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Jun 2025, 17:14 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Jun 2025, 08:53 BST
Published amendments (3 · 3 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 31 Oct 2024 | 14 Nov 2024 | +14 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 31 Oct 2024 | 14 Nov 2024 | +14 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 31 Oct 2024 | 14 Nov 2024 | +14 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 31 Oct 2024 | 14 Nov 2024 | +14 d |
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 31 Oct 2024 | 14 Nov 2024 | +14 d |
Tender deadline extended by two weeks
Tender deadline extended by two weeks
Tender deadline extended by twoweeks
Routine re-releases (11)
- 2025-06: 1 release · 5 Jun 2025
- 2024-10: 3 releases · 10 Oct 2024, 10 Oct 2024
- 2024-09: 3 releases · 19 Sept 2024, 20 Sept 2024
- 2024-06: 1 release · 12 Jun 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast13 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 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.
Workstream 1 - Permanent Modular Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- £18,000,000
- Status
- active
Workstream 2 - Healthcare Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Workstream 4 - Refurbished Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Permanent Modular Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Healthcare Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Hire of Temporary Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Refurbished Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Workstream 2 - Healthcare Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Workstream 4 - Refurbished Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- £80,000,000
- Status
- active
- Change Contract Award Notice updated to reflect the delegation from Portakabin Ltd to Portakabin (Scotland) Ltd for Lot 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Portakabin Ltd bid as a consortium bid, including Portakabin (Scotland) Ltd, who cover the hire elemne tof the modular buildings and whilst Portakabin Ltd will be the lead bidder, all hire works will be carried out by Portakabin (Scotland) Ltd.
Workstream 1 - Permanent Modular Buildings
- Signed
- 27 May 2020
- Value
- £65,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Workstream 1 - Permanent Modular Buildings | 16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad | 13 | — | — |
| 2 · Workstream 2 - Healthcare Buildings | 14bids · 14 electronic · 14 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
| 3 · Workstream 3 - Hire of Temporary Buildings | 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
| 4 · Workstream 4 - Refurbished Buildings | 10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| Whole notice | 19bids · 19 electronic | 15 | — | £1,000,000 – £155,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- LHC Procurement GroupContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawPublic Sector Framework Provider
- LHC Procurement Group for the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawPublic Sector Framework Provider
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
- Livingston Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
44 commercial parties on the notice- Algeco UK LtdFramework contractor
- Davro Site Services LimitedFramework contractor
- Explore Modular LimitedFramework contractor
- Explore Modular LimitedFramework contractor
- Explore Modular LtdFramework contractor
- HealthmaticFramework contractor
- Healthmatic LtdFramework contractor
- Integra Buildings LimitedFramework contractor
- Integra Buildings LtdFramework contractor
- Integra Buildings LtdFramework contractor
Show 34 more suppliers
- MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- McAvoy Modular Offsite LimitedFramework contractor
- McAvoy Modular Offsite LimitedFramework contractor
- Modularwise LtdFramework contractor
- Modularwise Ltd.Framework contractor
- Modulek LtdFramework contractor
- Modulek LtdFramework contractor
- P McVey Building SystemsFramework contractor
- P McVey Building SystemsFramework contractor
- P McVey Mobile Buildings LtdFramework contractor
- PORTAKABIN LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Portakabin (Scotland) LtdFramework contractor
- Portakabin LimitedFramework contractor
- Portakabin LtdFramework contractor
- Premier Modular LimitedFramework contractor
- Premier Modular LimitedFramework contractor
- Premier Modular LimitedFramework contractor
- Rollalong LimitedFramework contractor
- Rollalong LimitedFramework contractor
- Sibcas LimitedFramework contractor
- Sibcas LtdFramework contractor
- Sibcas LtdFramework contractor
- Silwood Facilities LtdFramework contractor
- Thurston Group LimitedFramework contractor
- VISION BUILT LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Vanguard Healthcare Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- Vanguard Healthcare Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- Vision Built Structures LtdFramework contractor
- Vision Built Structures LtdFramework contractor
- WERNICK BUILDINGS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- WESTERN BUILDING SYSTEMS LTDFramework contractor
- Wernick Buildings LtdFramework contractor
- Wernick Buildings LtdFramework contractor
- Western Building Systems LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.