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NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner

Technical analysis or consultancy services
Technical services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRSScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
2.2Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 6 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
Last source update10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationTechnical analysis or consultancy services, Technical services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b206
What is being bought
NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner<br/> This is a key strategic NBC Partner contract to :<br/>Provide Commissioning, Verification and Validation (CVV) services to the NBC Programme. Principle projects will be the Science Hubs (PR29 and PR30), with lesser support to PR21 and PR36 science buildings at Coombelands. <br/><br/>Other Weybridge projects delivered by NBC such as Lab Science Building B (LSB-B). <br/><br/>This procurement is being carried out by the Authority in accordance with the Competitive Award Procedure under Crown Commercial Services (CCS) DPS RM6242 and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 , on behalf of the Defra.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Lots are:<br/><br/>NBC Technical Assurance Partner, with an estimated contract value of £18,300,000 <br/><br/>Weybridge DgP Technical Assurance and High Containment Services, with an estimated contract value of £7,000,000<br/><br/>Awarded under two contracts for each Lot.<br/>This contract provides<br/>Technical Quality Assurance Partner (TQAP) for National Biosecurity Centre -Weybridge. This is a key strategic NBC Partner contract <br/><br/>Provide Commissioning, Verification and Validation (CVV) services to the NBC Programme. Principle projects will be the Science Hubs (PR29 and PR30), with lesser support to PR21 and PR36 science buildings at Coombelands. <br/><br/>Other Weybridge projects delivered by NBC such as Lab Science Buildings. Additional information: DPS procurement<br/>Agreement IDRM6242 Start date03/11/2021 End date23/02/2029<br/>Filtering categories: Laboratory advisory services, Life sciences, Laboratories, Life Sciences
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    10 Jun 2026, 15:09 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · £18,300,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£18,300,000 · signed 8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Contracting authority GB-FTS-178371
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  • DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DF
    lara.dolamore@defra.gov.uk

  • HIGH COURT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
    mediationBody
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    London, The Strand, WC2A 2LL

  • MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED
    supplier

    07681401
    One, Fleet Place, London, England, EC4M 7WS, London, UK, EC4M 7WS
    +44 3037810741
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleCompetition was called for through GCA DPS RM6242<br/>Invitation to tender sent through DPS after filtering .