Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 Oct 2025, 14:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Professional Services - Estates

Official notice

Authority: NPL Management Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£8,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 14 Jan 2030 · starts 15 Jan 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

NPL is seeking a supplier (s) to provide the following: Architect

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NPL is seeking a supplier (s) to provide the following:

Architect

MEP / Building Engineering Services

Structural Engineer

Programme Manager

Project Manager

Cost Consultant

Laboratory Services

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 15 Jan 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 15 Jan 2026 – 14 Jan 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Professional Services - Estates” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2025, 14:45 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 14:45 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064825
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae63 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

13 Oct 2025 → 15 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published384 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 14:45 BST
  2. Market engagement356 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Prior to initiating the procurement, NPL wishes to establish the level of market interest in the forthcoming procurement process.

    Suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who may have an interest in this project are invited to register for this Preliminary Market Engagement.

    The purpose of the market engagement is to help assess the reaction of the market, to understand risks and future possibilities to ensure a future proofed procurement strategy and resulting contract.

    Any submission received in response to this exercise will not constitute any contractual agreement between the respondent and NPL. Nor does the receipt of a response automatically include the respondent in the procurement process.

    A Tender Notice will be issued to the market which will provide details of how the relating procurement documentation can be accessed and timescales for submission of the said tender response.

    Interested parties shall bear their own costs of participation in this Market Engagement of whatever nature. NPL shall not be liable for the costs, expenses or losses howsoever arising (including, without limitation, any loss of profit or other economic loss incurred), regardless of the outcome of the Market Engagement.

    The next stage in the process will be considered once this exercise has been completed.

  3. Contract starts291 days ago
    15 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 14:45 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NPL Management Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-COH: 02937881 · GB-PPON: PYDB-8862-JBYM National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, TW11 0LWContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure