Official UK procurement notice
Inspection, Testing & Repair Works to Concrete and Masonry Structures
Authority: Southampton City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: AECOM LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is to establish a specialist measured term contractor that can support Southampton City Council in delivering an inspection, testing & repair works to concrete and masonry structures (structural and non-structural); including residential tower blocks and other residential buildings, council buildings, schools, commercial and industrial buildings and other structures owned and/or managed by Southampton City Council.
CPV: Concrete repair work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
- Technical & professional ability
CHAS
Construction Line
Concrete Repair Association (CRA)
or equivalent
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: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost: All orders will be raised using the National Schedule of Rates (NSR) and Contractors are responsible for obtaining appropriate access to the relevant Schedules/ estimating package within the NSR. OH&P
- Quality: includes 5% social value weighting
- Technical & professional ability
CHAS
Construction Line
Concrete Repair Association (CRA)
or equivalent
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Works
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Sept 2025, 19:04 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
SCC-SMS-0976- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055186- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059717Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Sept 2025 → 19 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published9 Sept 2025, 19:04 BST
- Clarification questions by375 days ago10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline368 days ago17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by336 days ago18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent310 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published309 days ago15 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Standstill ends300 days ago24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts275 days ago19 Jan 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2025- Tender notice published9 Sept 2025, 19:04 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 13:52 GMT
- Contract signature expected12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| QST Construction Services LimitedSMEINSPECTION, TESTING & REPAIR WORKS TO CONCRETE & MASONRY STRUCTURES (MTC) Southampton City Council19 Jan 2026 – 18 Jan 2029 · up to 18 Jan 2031Extensions: 2x 12 month extension options - to allow for a possible total term of 5 years | £6,000,000 | 15 Dec 2025standstill to 24 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonQST Construction Services LimitedSME · South East England
- did not winVolkerLaser Ltd · East of England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- AECOM LIMITEDProcuring entity1 AECOM QS brought into be the third member of the quality assessment panel
- Hampshire County CouncilProcuring entityQuantity Surveyor services - Commercial Assessment and JCT Preliminary creation
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- QST Construction Services LimitedAwarded supplier
- VolkerLaser LtdBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender