Official UK procurement notice
Inflatable Volleyball Dome Provision
Authority: Birmingham City University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project involves the construction of the UK's first indoor beach volleyball courts at Moor Lane playing fields, Birmingham, UK. This will consist of four international standard beach volleyball courts, housed under an inflatable dome that will be erected for six months annually. The facility aims to be a centre of excellence for beach volleyball in collaboration with Sport England and Volleyball England.
CPV: Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) · Construction work for buildings relating to education and research · Construction work for buildings relating to leisure, sports, culture, lodging and restaurants · Inflatable buildings construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£210,000
- Economic & financial standing
Insurances will be required by the successful contractor upon award of contract. As per the tender documentation.
Bidders are required to meet the financial criteria of the University when awarded a contract of supply for goods & services. This requires a Creditsafe credit reference agency score of 50% plus or alternative means of proving financial viability.
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers must complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) document including registration on UK.Gov's Supplier Central Digital Platform as part of the process.
This includes references of capabilities from previous contracts x 3, or evidence of previous works undertaken analogous to the project requirement or a statement capabilities to illustrating abilities to ensure contract fulfilment.
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 (8)
- Technical Ability: 12%
- Project Team: 12%
- Project Delivery: 12%
- Maintenance: 12%
- Capital Expenditure: 15%
- Operational Expenditure: 15%
- Total Expenditure: 10%
- Sustainability: 12%
Published award criteria (8)
- Technical Ability: Experience/Ability/Capabilities
- Project Team: Key Personnel and Delivery Team
- Project Delivery: Programme of Delivery
- Sustainability: End of life reuse and recyclability
- Maintenance: Maintenance Offering of Supplier and Aftercare
- Capital Expenditure: Initial Purchase Costs
- Operational Expenditure: Running Costs including maintenance
- Total Expenditure: Purchase, running costs and end of life resale/decommissioning costs
- Economic & financial standing
Insurances will be required by the successful contractor upon award of contract. As per the tender documentation.
Bidders are required to meet the financial criteria of the University when awarded a contract of supply for goods & services. This requires a Creditsafe credit reference agency score of 50% plus or alternative means of proving financial viability.
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers must complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) document including registration on UK.Gov's Supplier Central Digital Platform as part of the process.
This includes references of capabilities from previous contracts x 3, or evidence of previous works undertaken analogous to the project requirement or a statement capabilities to illustrating abilities to ensure contract fulfilment.
- 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Apr 2025, 17:25 BST
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 13:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
FM233- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017437- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0508b8Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days from receipt of undisputed invoice.
- Risks
Supply and delivery including installation by 15th September 2025.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
28 Apr 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 17:25 BST
- Latest notice published19 May 2025, 13:29 BST
- Clarification questions by24 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Apr 2025- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 17:25 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published28 Apr 2025, 18:06 BSTUK4
- Published value updated28 Apr 2025, 18:06 BST
- Tender notice published29 Apr 2025, 16:47 BSTUK4
- Published value updated29 Apr 2025, 16:47 BST
- Deadline moved to 24 May 2025, 17:00 BST29 Apr 2025, 16:47 BST+1 days · was 23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Tender notice published19 May 2025, 13:29 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 30 May 2025, 17:00 BST19 May 2025, 13:29 BST+6 days · was 24 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Published amendments (3)
Administrative Error in contract value amount
Administrative error with contract value correct value is £210k not £230k
A one week extension has been granted for this opportunity to allow bidders to include information from site visit attendance's within their bid submissions.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (9)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Technical specifications
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess Code : 9UV9H9252A
Notices published for this procedure
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