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Published 26 Jan 2024, 13:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Development Consultant Services: Architects, Employer's Agents and Principal Designers Framework

Official notice

Authority: Greensquareaccord (Central government)

Framework agreement4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£4,800,000total for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 26 Feb 2024awarded 22 May 2024
Lots 4see the lot list below

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Procurement for Development Consultants - Employers Agent / QS / Principal Designer / Design Services. To establish a competitively tendered OJUE compliant pool of consultants that we can drawupon for the main Development Consultancy Services.

CPV: Advisory architectural services · Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Construction consultancy services · Construction management services · Construction project management services · Construction-related services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 16 suppliers · 14 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (0.9 per place) · 11 appointed

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 4 lots carries the same published figure, £1,200,000: 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 #1Employer Agent Services in West MidlandsAwarded West Midlandsceiling above

Employer Agents Services (including quantity surveying and principal designer functions) in the West Midlands Area UK

Delivery: West Midlands · West Midlands Area UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Employer Agent Services in Southwest and OxfordshireAwarded UKceiling above

Employers Agents Services (Including Quantity Surveying and Principal Designer Functions) in the South West and Oxfordshire Areas

Delivery: UK · South West and Oxfordshire Area UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Design Services in West MidlandsAwarded West Midlandsceiling above
Lot #4Design Services in South West and OxfordshireAwarded UKceiling above

What it takes to win
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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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Lot 1 and Lot 2 - The Employer Agent must be a registered member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent, Principal Designer must have the appropriate skills knowledge and experience (e.g SSIP or Pass91 or equivalent)Lot 3 and 4 - The Architects must be a registered member of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) or equivalent.

What this means for your bid
  • “Development Consultant Services: Architects, Employer's Agents and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 16 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 Jan 2024, 13:10 GMT
Last source update
23 May 2024, 08:24 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
TENDER/00000352
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016250
Classification (CPV)
Advisory architectural servicesArchitectural and building-surveying servicesArchitectural and related servicesArchitectural design servicesArchitectural services for buildingsArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesArchitectural, engineering and planning servicesArchitectural, engineering and surveying servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConstruction management services
+2 moreConstruction project management servicesConstruction-related services
Delivery area
UKWest Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0434ee Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

26 Feb 2024 → 23 May 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 May 2024, 08:24 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 May 2024, 08:24 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 11admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1413 from SMEs · busiest of 4 lots
Contracts signed 4latest 22 May 2024

4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1,200,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Lot 1 - Employer Agents Services (Including Quantity Surveying and Principal Designer Functions) in the West Midlands area.

    Signed
    22 May 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Employer Agents Services (Including Quantity Surveying and Principal Designer Functions) in the Southwest and Oxfordshire area.

    Signed
    22 May 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Lot 3 - Design Services in West Midlands

    Signed
    22 May 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Lot 4 - Design Services in Southwest and Oxfordshire

    Signed
    22 May 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Employer Agent Services in West Midlands13bids · 13 electronic11——
2 · Employer Agent Services in Southwest and Oxfordshire14bids · 14 electronic13——
3 · Design Services in West Midlands13bids · 13 electronic11——
4 · Design Services in South West and Oxfordshire12bids · 12 electronic10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

GreenSquareAccord Limited

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentHousing AssociationHousing and community amenities RS007418 Methuen Park, Chippenham, UK, SN14 0GUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • GreenSquareAccord LtdReview body West Bromwich

Framework contractors & participating bidders

11 commercial parties 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