Official UK procurement notice
Lender's Technical Advisor — UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Wealth Fund Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLender's Technical Advisor in relation to a project. Expected 5 year initial term, with a further extension available for 5 years or until the end of the construction phase of said project. The value is not committed and is inclusive of extensions.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Construction consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Supervision of project and documentation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lender's Technical Advisor servicesAwarded
- Extensions
- Extensions of up to 5 years or until the end of the construction phase of the project
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
- Authority reference
C1238- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4fb
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
- This contract was competed under a Dynamic Purchasing System which was tendered under PCR15: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004771-2021 We are unable to link the notice (2021/S 000-004771) and select Restricted Procedure here since the FTS website will not allow us to link to a notice published by a public buying organisation rather than ourselves, however, this has followed the correct procedure.
Publisher note: A contract award notice was previously published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75419f3b-dee9-4f8f-b045-fa452881d91d This procurement was conducted under the Construction Professional Services Dynamic Purchasing system: https://www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/RM6165
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ove Arup & Partners Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lender's Technical Advisor · Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Apr 2026
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lender's Technical Advisor services | 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | £100,000 — £3,500,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £100,000 — £3,500,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ove Arup & Partners LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.