Official UK procurement notice
Prioritised Capital Maintenance - Corporate Properties Consultant Appointment 2026-2028
Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)
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. 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.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCumberland 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 publishedLot #1Published value£200,000
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 17:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DN829364- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098202- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Cumberland Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, 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.
Timeline
18 Sept 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published49 days ago18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago16 Oct 2026, 17:02 BST
- Clarification questions by15 days ago22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline8 days ago29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Today7 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 6 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 29 days7 Dec 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Sept 2026- Tender notice published18 Sept 2026, 15:04 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published15 Oct 2026, 13:45 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST15 Oct 2026, 13:45 BST+5 days · was 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 17:02 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 17:02 BST+8 days · was 21 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (2)
Changes to clarification and tender submission deadline.
Extension to tender submission deadline, clarification deadline and change to contract start date.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
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