Official UK procurement notice
Gorton DC - Architect · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Clarion Housing Property Development Service Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£200,000≈ £171k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jul 2026awarded 22 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to Buttress Architects Limited
Contract term 1 yr 2 moends 29 Oct 2027 · starts 28 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionArchitecture, Lead Designer, CDM & BR PD Services
CPV: Architectural design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2026, 10:30 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
C4097- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059718- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bcc9Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All tenders must be submitted via Atamis on Friday 24th July by 12:00
Timeline
25 Jun 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published121 days ago25 Jun 2026, 10:30 BST
- Clarification questions by106 days ago10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline92 days ago24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by56 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent2 days ago22 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published2 days ago22 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 10 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2026- Tender notice published25 Jun 2026, 10:30 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Oct 2026, 13:29 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £650,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttress Architects LimitedSMEDN0418 - Gorton District Centre - Architecture, Lead Designer, CDM PD & BR PD4 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2030 | £650,000 | 22 Oct 2026standstill to 2 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 14 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Buttress Architects LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender