Official UK procurement notice
IMO Lighting Upgrades (8th floor)
Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionReplacement of the existing lighting control system and light fittings with LED, including associated final design coordination on the eighth floor.
The provisional timetable for this procurement is:
w/c 29 Sep 25 – Tender goes live
w/c 29 Sep and w/c 6 October – Site Visits
Noon on Fri 17 Oct 25 – Tender deadline
w/c 17 Nov 25 – DfT Issue of intention to award
w/c 1 Dec 25 – Contract Award
March 2026 – Works on site, London
If you are interested in this opportunity:
- Register for a Jaggaer account: dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
- Once you have a Jaggaer account, click through to:
itt_2824 - IMO Lighting Upgrades (8th floor)
- Book a site visit at the IMO, 4 Albert Embankment, SE1 7SR by emailing [email protected] cc [email protected] - please indicate dates and two hour slots in which you will be available to attend.
- With the exception of arranging site visits, please use the messaging function on the Jaggaer Portal for all other queries. Please note that the Portal sends automated notifications to alert suppliers of new messages. These will come from [email protected] and may appear in your Junk folder.
The Department is in the process of upgrading lighting within the IMO Building to LED, and intends to carry out a subsequent procurement of similar goods, services or works for future phases of the upgrade programme.
CPV: Electrical installation work · Repair and maintenance services of building installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£170,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 55%
- Commercial: 35%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Social Value
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 23 Sept 2025, 11:52 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jan 2026, 13:06 GMT
- Authority reference
TRAI3006- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060383- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059fffFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tender returns to be uploaded into Jaggaer portal (where the ITT is to be downloaded from)
Register for a Jaggaer account: dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Timeline
23 Sept 2025 → 9 Mar 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published398 days ago23 Sept 2025, 11:52 BST
- Tender notice published392 days ago29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Market engagement388 days ago3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Replacement of the existing lighting control system and light fittings with LED, including associated final design coordination on the eighth floor.
The provisional timetable for this procurement is:
w/c 29 Sep 25 – Tender goes live
w/c 29 Sep 25 – Site Visits
Noon on Fri 17 Oct 25 – Tender deadline
w/c 17 Nov 25 – DfT Issue of intention to award
w/c 1 Dec 25 – Contract Award
March 2026 – Works on site, London
If you are interested in this opportunity please inform [email protected] and register for a Jaggaer account: dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
The tender documents will be issued via Jaggaer.
A further Notice will be published once the tender goes live. The notice will confirm site visit dates, instructions of how to book onto a visit and the process for clarification questions.
The Department is in the process of upgrading lighting within the IMO Building to LED, and intends to carry out a subsequent procurement of similar goods, services or works for future phases of the upgrade programme.
- Clarification questions by381 days ago10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline374 days ago17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published283 days ago16 Jan 2026, 13:06 GMT
- Contract starts232 days ago9 Mar 2026
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2025, 11:52 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £170,00029 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Status changed to active29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST29 Sept 2025, 10:21 BST
- Contract award notice published16 Jan 2026, 13:06 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Jan 2026, 13:06 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niblock (Builders) Limited9 Mar 2026 – 17 Apr 2026Options: The Department is in the process of upgrading lighting within the IMO Building to LED, and intends to carry out a subsequent procurements of lighting works for future phases of the upgrade programme. | £131,347 | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Niblock (Builders) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender