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Published 18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Prioritised Capital Maintenance - Corporate Properties Consultant Appointment 2026-2028

Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate £200,000≈ £100k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 16 Oct 202612:00 BST · 27d 19h left
Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsstarts 23 Nov 2026
Bids per lot · this authority 6.5division 71 · n=10 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cumberland Council's Programme Management Office is seeking to appoint a single professional services provider (the "Consultant") with suitable architectural, building surveying, mechanical and electrical engineering, structural engineering and quantity surveying capability to facilitate the development, design, procurement and delivery of the Corporate Prioritised Capital Maintenance (PCM) Programme for the duration of the contract. Please note that the appointed service provider will provide the full array of services, this may be through a full in-house team or through the use of trusted partners to supplement the core in-house team

The programme will comprise a range of condition-led maintenance and improvement projects across the Council's corporate property portfolio. Whilst the timing of works will be determined on a project-by-project basis, the Consultant shall be required to consider the operational requirements of each property and, where necessary, develop delivery proposals that minimise disruption to building users and service delivery.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£200,000
Contract period: 23 Nov 2026 — 22 Nov 2028 (2 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North WestTurnover guideline: ~£199,726/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£200,000 exc. VAT · £240,000 inc. VAT
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 120Price: 40Social value: 40
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Quality60
  • Quality60
  • Price20
  • Price20
  • Social Value20
  • Social Value20

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Cumberland Council buys Architectural, construction, engineering (CPV 71) — and who usually turns up

Cumberland Council’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Cumberland Council

contract notices in 36 months: 10 in division 71 · 585 in all categories (1 direct)

Bids per lot6.5division 71 · 36m · n=10 lots
Single-bid lots10%division 71 · 36m · n=10 lots
Award vs estimate17% belowdivision 71 · 36m · n=5 pairs
Deadline → award22ddivision 71 · 36m · n=7 notices
Notice updates2all categories · 24m · n=189 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 71 · 36m · n=10 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=10
  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 20%
  • 4–6 20%
  • 7+ 50%

Median 6.5 · 10 lots on 9 contested notices · division 71.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=5
  • Below estimate 80%
  • Within ±2% 20%
  • Above estimate 0%

5 lot pairs · division 71.

The market · delivery region

North West England · Architectural, construction, engineering (CPV 71)

contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 470 in division 71 (402 contested)

Bids per lot5division 71 · 36m · n=170 lots
Single-bid lots9%division 71 · 36m · n=170 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 71 · 36m · n=94 pairs
Deadline → award41ddivision 71 · 36m · n=83 notices
SME bidders38%division 71 · 36m · n=29 lots
Winners based in the region65%division 71 · 36m · n=215 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=170
  • 1 bid 9%
  • 2–3 22%
  • 4–6 26%
  • 7+ 42%

Median 5 · 170 lots on 144 contested notices · division 71.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=94
  • Below estimate 43%
  • Within ±2% 32%
  • Above estimate 26%

94 lot pairs · division 71.

robust · n=5 Awards in Cumberland Council (division 71, n=5 pairs) land a median 17% below: on this notice’s £200,000 that is about £167,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
DN829364
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0775a0 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference DN829364 in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. Cumberland Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, more…religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumberland Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.
Published estimate £200,000 excludes VAT (£240,000 including VAT).

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 14 days
    2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadlinein 28 days
    16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 42 days
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 65 days
    23 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cumberland Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJGX-9191-DYLV Cumbria House, 107-117 Botchergate, Carlisle, North West, CA1 1RD
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Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
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