Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Construction and Management Services
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Birmingham is looking to undertake pre-tender market engagement in relation to an upcoming tender opportunity for the Framework Agreement for the Construction and Management Services
CPV: Construction work
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs 1 mo from 15 Dec 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Construction and Management…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction work (CPV 45) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 78 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid22% / 2%
2–333% / 25%
4–611% / 24%
7+33% / 48%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Framework Agreement for the Provision of Sustainability Advisory Services” of this authority, but none of the 3 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 126 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–325%
4–624%
7+48%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex Libris UK Ltd.Earlier contract | Contract for the Provision of Library Management Systems and Associated Servicesnotice published Mar 2024 | — | £757k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Provision of Waste Management Servicesstarted Feb 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITEDEarlier contract | Tender for the Provision of Supermarket Refurbishment Services and Franchise Agreementstarted Aug 2025 | Refurbishment and Franchise for The Vale | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| 1st Horizon Surveying & Engineering LtdEarlier contract | Framework Agreement for the Provision of Geometric Surveying and BIM Modelling Servicesnotice published Mar 2024 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Catsurveys LtdEarlier contract | Framework Agreement for the Provision of Geometric Surveying and BIM Modelling Servicesnotice published Mar 2024 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
81% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
81% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (81% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Framework Agreement for the Provision of Construction Project Management Consultancy Services, winner not published; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Aug 2026, 14:07 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2026, 14:07 BST
- Authority reference
FRAM946/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082206- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee98Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
28 Aug 2026 → 15 Dec 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published54 days ago28 Aug 2026, 14:07 BST
- Market engagement36 days ago15 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
The University of Birmingham is looking to undertake pre-tender market engagement in relation to an upcoming tender opportunity for the Framework Agreement for the Construction and Management Services Following supplier engagement, it is the University's intention to conduct a tender exercise with a select list of suppliers.
*Action Required*: If you are interested in engaging with the University for this project, please register to our E Tendering Portal (in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingh… ↗) and express interest as directed against the Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Construction and Management Services.
In submitting your expressions of interest: -
Please complete the'FRAM946-26 Pre-Tender Questionnaire' & 'FRAM946-26 Pre-Tender Declarations' documents and submit via correspondence on the In-Tend portal. Completed documents must be submitted by the 15th September 2026 at 3pm. Documents received after this date may not be considered.
Interested parties should note that the University of Birmingham is operating as a Non Contracting Authority and any process associated with this tender opportunity will be conducted outside of the Procurement Act 2023.
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 55 days15 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Aug 2026, 14:07 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender