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Design Team Services DPS

Buyer: FCO Services →

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BuyerFCO Services
StatusClosed
Deadline2 Mar 2026
Value£23,500,000
Published12 Mar 2021

What is being bought

Design Team services DPS supporting: construction projects, maintenance and general building services across customer sites over the next 5 years.

Delivery location

UK · UK · UK · UK · UK · UK · UK

Categories

Architectural and related services 71200000Architectural design services 71220000Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs 71244000Engineering services 71300000Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings 71321000Surveying services 71355000Technical inspection and testing services 71630000Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services 71000000

Lot details

Building surveying

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£3,800,000

Architectural services

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£3,500,000

Civil and structural engineering

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£4,600,000

Building services

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£3,200,000

Hazardous materials and hygiene testing

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£3,500,000

Quantity surveying/cost consultancy

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£2,600,000

Interior design

As detailed in the 'Instructions to Tenderer's' document available at the online tendering portal.

Statusactive
Value£2,300,000

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Surveying servicesNot published
2Architectural and related servicesNot published
3Engineering servicesNot published
4Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildingsNot published
5Technical inspection and testing servicesNot published
6Calculation of costs, monitoring of costsNot published
7Architectural design servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Architectural and related services (71200000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7110,1215 median · 30 average (4,042 of 10,121 with a bid count)4.2 average (4,448 of 10,121 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,3835 median · 59.1 average (893 of 2,383 with a bid count)6.7 average (1,007 of 2,383 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)367104 median · 104 average (1 of 367 with a bid count)24 average (1 of 367 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemYes
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
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.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029b70
Latest release ID005119-2021
Latest release timestampFri Mar 12 2021 22:56:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsRestricted procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-02T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://fco.bravosolution.co.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£23,500,000
Tender lots in source7
Tender items in source7
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Mar 2021tender005119-2021

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
12 Mar 2021 · 005119-2021 · tender
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