Official UK procurement notice
Multi-Disciplinary - Construction Consultancy Framework
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (Police & fire)·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement description7F Commercial Services is seeking market feedback in relation to a proposed Multidisciplinary Construction Consultancy Services Framework. The Framework is anticipated to provide access to a range of professional consultancy disciplines, including but not limited to architecture, building surveying, quantity surveying, project management, programme management, structural engineering, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, and other specialist consultancy services. The purpose of this Request for Information is to gather market intelligence and obtain feedback to help inform the proposed framework structure, lotting arrangements, call-off mechanisms and procurement approach.
CPV: Architectural and related services · Construction consultancy services · Construction project management services · Engineering services · Quantity surveying services · Structural engineering consultancy services · Supervision of project and documentation
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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).
- “Multi-Disciplinary - Construction Consultancy Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk buys Construction consultancy services (CPV 7153), and who usually turns up
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Construction consultancy services (CPV 7153) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 61% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 21% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 126 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 8% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–360%
4–610%
7+30%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 71Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 71. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 744 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–311%
4–623%
7+65%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Oct 2026, 09:09 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 09:09 BST
- Authority reference
7F-2026-P016- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099254- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078c66Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
21 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 days ago21 Oct 2026, 09:09 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 3 days27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
7F Commercial Services is seeking feedback from the market to help inform the development of a proposed multidisciplinary construction consultancy services framework. Suppliers are invited to complete the accompanying questionnaire to provide information on capability, capacity, framework structure, lotting arrangements and proposed procurement approach. Responses will be used to shape the future procurement and do not constitute any commitment to commence a procurement process.
- Tender notice expectedin 37 days30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Oct 2026, 09:09 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for BedfordshireContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for CambridgeshireContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for HertfordshireContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for KentContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for SuffolkContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for EssexContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender