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# NBC Technical Quality Assurance Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nbc-technical-quality-assurance-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-06b206). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** 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.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical analysis or consultancy services, Technical services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £18,300,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b206`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nbc-technical-quality-assurance-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-06b206#tl-md)

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71356000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 t...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 054822-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183107`
  - Value: £18,300,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 054822-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £18,300,000
  - Signed Date: 07/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F054822-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-10T14:09:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:52:58.163Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b206