Official UK procurement notice
DFC 6573241 Lagan Impoundment Enviormental Consultancy Services 2026
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)·On behalf of: Department of Finance Northern Ireland, Construction and Procurement Delivery
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Communities (DfC) wishes to appoint an Environmental Engineering Consultant to provide Specialist Technical Expertise and Advisory Services and Analysis over a wide range of Environmental Issues With particular emphasis on Water Quality Assessment to the DFC Designated Area.
CPV: Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services for construction · Environmental issues consultancy services · Geotechnical engineering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£340,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 award criteria (3)
- QUALITY: PLEASE REFER TO TENDER DOCUMENT
- SOCIAL VALUE: PLEASE REFER TO TENDER DOCUMENT
- PRICE: PLEASE REFER TO TENDER DOCUMENT
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jun 2026, 12:45 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2026, 11:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
DFC 6573241(C001311APR)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059389- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc17Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Jun 2026 → 31 Aug 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published122 days ago24 Jun 2026, 12:45 BST
- Latest notice published80 days ago5 Aug 2026, 11:45 BST
- Clarification questions by59 days ago26 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Submission deadline59 days ago26 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Contract starts54 days ago31 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by53 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2026- Tender notice published24 Jun 2026, 12:45 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published5 Aug 2026, 11:45 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 26 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST5 Aug 2026, 11:45 BST+21 days · was 5 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Extension of time granted to change return date till 26th August 2026 at 3pm.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Department of Finance Northern Ireland, Construction and Procurement DeliveryBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Construction DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityDFC as Contract Authority has appointed Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD), as the COPE to provide procurement advice and to administer this procurement competition on its behalf.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender