Official UK procurement notice
Estates General Consultancy Support Framework
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER (Education)
What is being bought8 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe University is seeking establish an internal framework of suitably experienced supplier/s to deliver General Consultancy Services to the Estates Director and the Estates Team.
Lot 1 Building Services Engineering (M&E)
Lot 2 Civil / Structural Engineer
Lot 3 Condition Surveys
Lot 4 Fire Strategy Consultant
Lot 5 Legal / Lease Estates Advice and Support
Lot 6 Lift Consultancy Engineer
Lot 7 Project Manager
Lot 8 FM Consultancy Support
Historically, these services have been procured on a project-by-project basis, either by direct appointment or on via a quotation or tender process, depending on the value of the individual project
The framework will allow for full flexibility of supplier appointment throughout the framework duration. This will include:
- Direct award to any successful supplier on the relevant lot,
- Further Competition or Quotation process involving all suppliers on the lot,
- Further Competition or Quotation involving a selection of suppliers on the lot.
There will be no guarantee of contract value for any supplier appointed to the framework. However, estimated values for each discipline are provided in the Lots section below.
Full specification scope details can be found in the tender documents
- No preliminary market engagement: Localised engagement and low value expenditure
CPV: Building consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Jan 2026
Published description of the framework
The framework will allow for full flexibility of supplier appointment throughout the framework duration. This will include:
- Direct award to any successful supplier on the relevant lot,
- Further Competition or Quotation process involving all suppliers on the lot,
- Further Competition or Quotation involving a selection of suppliers on the lot.
Pricing for projects will be in line with tender responses. Approach to pricing is an evaluation criteria
Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure
8 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £500,000: 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 #1Building Services Engineering (M&E)Published value£750,000
To provide Building Services Engineering (M&E) Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Lot #2Civil / Structural Engineerceiling above
To provide Civil / Structural Engineering Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Lot #3Condition SurveysPublished value£350,000
To complete Condition Surveys and provide detailed reports to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Lot #4Fire Strategy Consultantceiling above
To provide Fire Strategy Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses. Delivery of advice and support to be to industry standards and consistent with appropriate skills and experience.
Lot #5Legal / Lease Estates Advice and Supportceiling above
To provide Estates Portfolio Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Teama, covering all UoW Campuses.
Delivery of advice and support to be to industry standards and consistent with appropriate skills and experience.
Lot #6Lift Consultancy EngineerPublished value£400,000
To provide Lift Engineering Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Delivery of advice and support to be to industry standards and consistent with appropriate skills and experience.
Supplier to be fully conversant with BSEN 81.80
Lot #7Project ManagerPublished value£1,000,000
To provide Project Management Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Delivery of advice and support to be to industry standards and consistent with appropriate skills and experience.
Lot #8FM Consultancy SupportPublished value£1,000,000
To provide General FM Consultancy Support to the Estates Director and Estates Team, covering all UoW Campuses.
Delivery of advice and support to be to industry standards and consistent with appropriate skills and experience.
The support could cover all FM functions and services and providers may be specialist in particular areas or may have the ability to provide support of all of the following:
- Catering Services
- Cleaning Services
- Grounds Maintenance Services
- Planned and Responsive Maintenance Services
- Security Services
- Any other General Facilities Management Services
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 (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality Criteria 1. Experience of successful delivery of similar projects (35%) 2. Response times to quotation requests (10%) 3. Added Value, Innovation and Flexibility (15%)
- Commercial: Commercial Criteria 1. Pricing Schedule (30%) 2. Approach to Future Pricing (10%)
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Estates General Consultancy Support Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
DN794137- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065819- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Oct 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published377 days ago16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BST
- Clarification questions by356 days ago5 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends341 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by326 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts300 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published16 Oct 2025, 10:35 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender