Official UK procurement notice
Multidisciplinary Design Team Consultancy Services for the National Lottery Heritage Fund project Reimagining Margam Castle
Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing a successful Round 1 application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), funding has been secured for the ‘Development’ phase of Reimagining Margam Castle. This project runs until February 2028. Funding has been granted for specialist consultancies and resources to develop a Round 2 application to NLHF, if successful this will unlock the full grant.
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council invites Tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to provide a conservation architect-led Multidisciplinary Design Team including the following disciplines: conservation architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering, and structural and civil engineering. The appointed consultant will be the lead consultant, lead designer and principal designer (CDM) for The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) project Reimagining Margam Castle.
The successful bidder will have industry standard qualifications and be conservation accredited (AABC, RIBA SCA or equivalent) with experience of working within a large, complex heritage setting, and have an in-depth understanding of the requirements regarding Scheduled Monuments and Listed Buildings, ideally with experience working in Wales.
CPV: Architectural design services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,375,000
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the ITT
- Technical & professional ability
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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 (6)
- Method Statement 1: 17.5%
- Method Statement 2: 17.5%
- Method Statement 3: 21%
- Method Statement 4: 7%
- Method Statement 5: 7%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (6)
- Method Statement 1: Experience and Contract Examples
- Method Statement 2: Approach to Service Delivery – Team Members
- Method Statement 3: Approach to Service Delivery – Specification
- Method Statement 4: Approach to Risk
- Method Statement 5: Approach to Social Value
- Commercial: Fixed lump sum fee proposal
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the ITT
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the ITT
- 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
- 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)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 19:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
CPU25-26-21- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067082- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc83Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate on etenderwales at: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html ↗
Suppliers’ Instructions ‘How to Express Interest in this ITT’:
- Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is required only once. However if your details have changed since you registered you will need to up-date them).
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Click the ‘Suppliers register here’ link.
- Complete the ‘Organisation Details’ and ‘User Details’ sections.
- Note the username you choose and click ‘save’ when complete.
- You will shortly receive and email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
- Agree to the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’.
- Express an interest in the ITT.
- Login to the portal with the username / password.
- Click the ‘ITT Open to all Suppliers’ link.
- Alternatively, search for the relevant ITT (itt_125343).
- Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
- Click the ‘Express Interest’ button on the right-hand side of the screen.
- This will move the ITT into your ‘My ITT pages’. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only.)
- Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by selecting ‘Buyer Attachments’.
- Responding to the ITT.
- You can now choose to ‘Respond’ or ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining).
- Note the ‘Closing Date’, and then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT.
There is help available Monday – Friday (8am – 6pm) on: [email protected] or by telephone on 0800 069 8634.
Timeline
16 Jul 2026 → 8 Dec 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published103 days ago16 Jul 2026, 10:14 BST
- Latest notice published76 days ago11 Aug 2026, 19:24 BST
- Clarification questions by56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline42 days ago15 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 15 days10 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 42 days8 Dec 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Tender notice published16 Jul 2026, 10:14 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 19:24 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 15 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST11 Aug 2026, 19:24 BST+7 days · was 8 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)
Tender submission date extended to 15th September 2026.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender