Official UK procurement notice
Notice of Award of Contracts under CHIC UK Optimised Retrofit Consultancy – DPS for Q3 of 2025/2026
Authority: Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNotice of Award of Contracts from the CHIC UK Optimised Retrofit Consultancy - Dynamic Purchasing System from 01/01/2026 to 31/03/2026. Details of the awards can be found at: www.chicltd.co.uk/chic-procurement ↗
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building consultancy services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Energy-management services · Sensors
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £200,000,000: it is the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1RETROFIT ADVICEAwarded UK, West MidlandsPublished value£300,000,000
Quarterly report of contract awards for 01/01/2026 – 31/03/2026. Details of the awards can be found at: www.chicltd.co.uk/chic-procurement ↗.
The award value indicated at II.1.7 is indicative only as this is a quarterly contract award notice for the DPS.
Please note that the Award Criteria to be used to assess full tenders submitted under the DPS Categories will typically be split as follows: All Categories: 40% Quality, 60% Cost.
These Award Criteria may be formulated more precisely for contracts to be awarded, as set out in the tender documents for the specific contract in question.
Estimated total value of contracts to be awarded under this Category during the 60-month period is £1,500,000,000.
Lot #2RETROFIT ASSESSMENT UKceiling above
The Retrofit Assessor will ensure all tools, including Intelligent Energy Systems (IESs ) work successfully together encompassing both building information and time-sequenced energy performance information. Undertake an assessment of completed Energy Performance Certificates (EPC), Display Energy Certificates (DEC) and / or property asset management data for individual or multiple properties as required, to identify a preferred set of refurbishment interventions.
Lot #3RETROFIT DESIGNER UKceiling above
The Retrofit Designer will provide an understanding of buildings energy efficiency to the Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and input to research projects, testing new technological approaches in the provision of a range of consultancy services, guidance and advice in relation to retrofit design. The role involves site visits to carry out surveys, working closely with Clients to understand project needs and to provide designs and tender documentation for low and zero carbon intervention/new build under the 2nd phase CHIC DPS Optimised Retrofit Installers.
Lot #4RETROFIT CO-ORDINATOR UKPublished value£450,000,000
The Retrofit Coordinator role is to provide specialist project leadership and management with responsibility for overseeing the assessment of dwellings as well as the subsequent specification, monitoring, and evaluation of energy efficiency measures to ensure that work (by installers procured during the 2nd phase CHIC Optimised Retrofit Installations DPS) is carried out to the Clients standards, specification and schedule whilst managing technical risks, avoid the common retrofit failure points, increasing team productivity and maximising project budgets.
Lot #5INTELLIGENT ENERGY SYSTEM (IES) INSTALLERS UKPublished value£350,000,000
Bidders for this lot will be required to install, connect, and commission the Intelligent Energy System (IES) and peripherals, an integral part of any home’s journey to Net Zero. It is a system and not a single device consisting of ‘peripherals’ (sensors and meters) that are controlled by a Building Energy Engine (BEE).
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 40%
- Cost: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 40
- Cost: 60
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Notice of Award of Contracts under CHIC UK Optimised Retrofit…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Mar 2022, 18:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Apr 2026, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
DPS-017- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-039352- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0323d5Find a Tender
- Review procedure
If a supplier has failed the exclusion stage, it can reapply if the mandatory or discretionary exclusionary periods had ended, or if the supplier has self-cleaned.
If the supplier did not meet the DPS selection criteria, it can reapply if its circumstances changed, for example if it has newly available skills, experience, or if something else which would change its answers to the selection criteria had occurred.
Publisher note: Notice of Award of Contracts from the CHIC UK Optimised Retrofit Consultancy - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) from 1st Jan 2026 to 31st Mar 2026. The Contract value indicated at II 1.7 is indicative as this is a quarterly notice for a Dynamic Purchasing System. Also, the number of tender returns indicated is across all call-off competitions for this term. Further details of the awards can be found at: https://www.chicltd.co.uk/chic-procurement
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/32Z8DBHEP3 ↗
- Admission period ends
- 27 Oct 2028, 23:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Apr 2026 → 27 Oct 2028 · 2 dates- Notice published179 days ago29 Apr 2026, 15:41 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Oct 2028, 23:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Sept 2024- Deadline moved to 27 Oct 2028, 23:00 BST3 Sept 2024, 09:05 BST+2383 days · was 19 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Sept 2024, 09:05 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Feb 2026, 10:39 GMT
- Status changed to complete29 Apr 2026, 15:41 BST
- Buyer details updated29 Apr 2026, 15:41 BST
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 19 Apr 2022 | 27 Oct 2028 | +2383 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 19 Apr 2022 | 23 Feb 2029 | +2502 d |
CHIC publishes this Notice of an Amendment to be made to the DPS in pursuance of the original Notice 2022/S 000-007483 published in Find a Tender Service on the 18th March 2022. CHIC, as a central purchasing body, gives notice that under the transitional and saving regulations set out under the Procurement Act 2023, that this dynamic purchasing system and qualification system established under th…
CHIC, as a central purchasing body, gives notice that under the transitional and saving regulations set out under the Procurement Act 2023, that this dynamic purchasing system and qualification system established under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015 must come to an end by 23rd February 2029. Any contract awarded under this DPS will continue until it comes to an end and be managed under…
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-03: 1 release · 18 Mar 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Notice of Award of Contracts under CHIC UK Optimised Retrofit Consultancy DPS from 01/01/2026 to 31/03/2026
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · RETROFIT ADVICE | 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC)Review body
- The High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- c/o Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC)Admitted to the market
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria