Official UK procurement notice
INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) for the provision of Professional consultancy services to manage delivery of Herefordshire Council's school building maintenance programme
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG11)
Published estimate£100,000≈ £24k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Feb 2026
Contract term 4 yrs 1 moends 30 Apr 2030 · up to 1 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 13 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council seeks to appoint a multi-disciplinary service provider to plan, coordinate, and manage the delivery of its planned maintenance programme for local authority-maintained schools, plus any emergency works. Services must include:
- Architect/designer lead consultant
- Quantity surveyor
- Structural engineer
- M&E services designer
All team members must be chartered through an accredited body (e.g., CIOB or RICS). The contract will follow JCT Consultancy Agreement (Public Sector) 2024.
CPV: Building consultancy services · Building services consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 58%
- Consultancy Fee: 25%
- Hourly Rate: 5%
- Social Value: 12%
Published award criteria (4)
- Consultancy Fee
- Hourly Rate
- Quality: Service Delivery & Experience
- Social Value: Social Value qualitativly and quantitively
What this means for your bid
- 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 13 Jan 2026, 19:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 14:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
DN803011- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002893- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060533Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
via the Procontract portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Timeline
13 Jan 2026 → 28 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published289 days ago13 Jan 2026, 19:39 GMT
- Clarification questions by268 days ago3 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline262 days ago9 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by225 days ago17 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent224 days ago19 Mar 2026
- Standstill ends212 days ago30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts199 days ago13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published184 days ago28 Apr 2026, 14:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Tender notice published13 Jan 2026, 19:39 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Mar 2026, 15:07 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Mar 2026, 15:07 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Procurement termination notice published28 Apr 2026, 14:59 BSTUK12
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1111 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six Property Consulting LtdSME13 Apr 2026 – 12 Apr 2029 · up to 12 Apr 2030Extensions: There is the potential for an option to extend the for up to 1 year(s), depending on both the success in achieving the required outcomes and availability of further funding · Options: Under PA23 schedule 5(8) the Council reserves the right to make a direct award to the successful supplier under this contract for any future procurement involving repeat works, services or goods | £3,000,000ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | 19 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Six Property Consulting LtdSME
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 30 Apr 2030
- Status
- cancelled (23 Apr 2026), Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-060533 Due to an inaccuracy related to the published tender notice, the contracting authority has decided not to award the contract
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11final-stage tenders · 14 at stage one | 11 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SIX PROPERTY CONSULTING LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsHerefordshire Council has published this contract opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the …
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender