Official UK procurement notice
HAR6114 School Decarbonisation Project - Cubitt Town, Bonner Mile End and Bangabandhu
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement relates to the appointment of a suitably qualified and experienced design team to work up and help implement the proposals for decarbonising the three school sites from RIBA Stage 2 to the end of the project (RIBA 7). This will include all design work, planning consent and conditions, preparation of information for contractor tender, contract administration, QS services, M&E services, and design advice to the end of the project.
The overall purpose and goal of this project is to decarbonise the school sites heating technology, within the available finance whilst maximising additional interventions to reduce the school energy bills.
The key priorities are:
o Move to decarbonised heat
o Reduce energy bills
o Stay within budget
o Improve the internal environment to create a more comfortable learning environment
o Work closely with the school community to ensure that their senior leadership team is consulted on all key design and delivery decisions.
o Ensure that interventions are interrogated holistically in order to avoid potential issues such as mould.
o Calculate carbon and energy usage reductions.
All tender documents are available free of charge at www.londontenders.org ↗
The Council reserve the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at it's sole discretion. The Council shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the Council shall be incurred entirely at that applicant's/tenderer's risk.
The Council will observe a stand still period following the award of the contract and conduct itself in respect of any appeals in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023
- No preliminary market engagement: As this is a specialist project, only firms experienced in retrofit work will be able to bid for the commission. There is expected to be a small pool of specialist firms eligible to bid. The requirements of the service are clear and therefore market engagement was not deemed beneficial for this tender.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£420,000
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).
- Award criteria are set out in the ITT documents
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Apr 2025, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Nov 2025, 08:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
HAR6114- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015052- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0502bbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
14 Apr 2025 → 7 Nov 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published14 Apr 2025, 15:50 BST
- Clarification questions by5 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by3 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts25 Jun 2025
- Standstill ends25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 08:34 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Apr 2025- Tender notice published14 Apr 2025, 15:50 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published15 Apr 2025, 11:30 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published16 Jun 2025, 20:09 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Jun 2025, 20:09 BST
- Contract signature expected27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Nov 2025, 08:34 GMTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Updates to the location of the tender documents https://www.londontenders.org/
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 14 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retrofit Action for Tomorrow27 Jun 2025 – 24 Dec 2026 | £420,000 | 16 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
HAR6114 School Decarbonisation Project - Cubitt Town, Bonner Mile End and Bangabandhu · Retrofit Action for Tomorrow
- Signed
- 16 Oct 2025
- Value
- £420,000
- Period
- 16 Oct 2025 – 15 Apr 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13final-stage tenders | 13 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- RETROFIT ACTION FOR TOMORROW CICAwarded supplier
- Retrofit Action for TomorrowAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender