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# Professional Services Framework 4

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-services-framework-4-ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumbria County Council: "Professional Services Framework 4". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 8 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumbria County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumbria-county-council-GB-FTS-12)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 December 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 8
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Architectural and related services, Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Construction-related services, Engineering services, Site-investigation services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-services-framework-4-ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3`

## 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/professional-services-framework-4-ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-services-framework-4-ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3#participate

## Description
This Framework aims to establish a sustainable consultancy supply chain to help deliver the
Council’s future capital works programme in a cost effective and efficient way in
collaboration with Council officers and supply chain partners. The Services have been
divided into the following work packages (Lots):
• Lot 1A - Architecture under £50k
• Lot 1B - Architecture over £25k
• Lot 2A - Highways Civils under £50k
• Lot 2B - Highways Civils over £25k
• Lot 3A - Building Surveying under £50k
• Lot 3B - Building Surveying over £25k
• Lot 4A - Growth and Infrastructure under £50k
• Lot 4B - Growth and Infrastructure over £25k

## Lots (8)
### Lot 1A: Lot 1A - Architecture under £50k
- **Lot id:** `1A`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71300000, 71400000, 71500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000
- **Description:** For commissions up to £50,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the following range of projects:
• General civil engineering and infrastructure
• Land Remediation and landscaping
• New build / Extension...

### Lot 1B: Lot 1B - Architecture over £25k
- **Lot id:** `1B`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71300000, 71400000, 71500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000
- **Description:** For commissions over £25,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the following range of projects:
• General civil engineering and infrastructure
• Land Remediation and landscaping
• New build / Extensions...

### Lot 2A: Lot 2A - Highways Civils under £50k
- **Lot id:** `2A`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71300000, 71400000, 71500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £4,500,000
- **Description:** For commissions up to £50,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the following range of projects:
• General civil engineering and infrastructure projects (including new works, improvement,
refurbishment ...

### Lot 2B: Lot 2B - Highways Civils over £25k
- **Lot id:** `2B`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71300000, 71400000, 71500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £7,000,000
- **Description:** For commissions over £25,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the following range of projects:
• General civil engineering and infrastructure projects (including new works, improvement,
refurbishment a...

### Lot 3A: Lot 3A - Building Surveying over £50k
- **Lot id:** `3A`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71400000, 71510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** For commissions up to £50,000. Typically (but not exclusively) the services will include:
• Scott schedules of dilapidation and negotiation
• Schedules of Repair
• Expert witness services
• Insurance reinstatement works, i.e. fire and flood etc
• Sch...

### Lot 3B: Lot 3B - Building Surveying over £25k
- **Lot id:** `3B`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71200000, 71400000, 71510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,500,000
- **Description:** For commissions over £25,000. Typically (but not exclusively) the services will include:
• Scott schedules of dilapidation and negotiation
• Schedules of Repair
• Expert witness services
• Insurance reinstatement works, i.e. fire and flood etc
• Sche...

### Lot 4A: Lot 4A - Growth and Infrastructure under £50k
- **Lot id:** `4A`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** For commissions up to £50,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the
following range of services and projects:
● Infrastructure Planning
● Transport Planning
● Transport Modelling
● Economic Appraisal
● ...

### Lot 4B: Lot 4B - Growth and Infrastructure over £25k
- **Lot id:** `4B`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** For commissions over £25,000. Typically (but not exclusively) consultancy services will be
required to deliver the
following range of services and projects:
● Infrastructure Planning
● Transport Planning
● Transport Modelling
● Economic Appraisal
● E...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** Professional Services Framework 4 (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AHR Building Consultancy Ltd, Align Property Partners Ltd, Architects Plus (UK) Limited (+4 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148002`, `GB-COH-10385861`, `GB-FTS-54754`, `GB-COH-06256571`, `GB-FTS-54755`, `GB-FTS-54756`, `GB-FTS-12565`
  - Value: £3,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 1B - Architecture over £25k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Align Property Partners Ltd, Architects Plus (UK) Limited, Day Cummins Limited (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-10385861`, `GB-FTS-54754`, `GB-FTS-54755`, `GB-FTS-12565`
  - Value: £3,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 2A - Highways Civils under £50k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Baker Hicks Limited, Lynas Engineers Ltd, Mott MacDonald Limited (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06256571`, `GB-COH-10442488`, `GB-FTS-12562`, `GB-COH-1777946`, `GB-FTS-12565`, `GB-COH-01383511`, `GB-COH-03269195`, `GB-FTS-29032`
  - Value: £4,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 2B - Highways Civils over £25k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-4`
  - Supplier(s): **AECOM Limited, Jacobs U.K. Limited, Mott MacDonald Limited (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-01846493`, `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-FTS-12562`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £7,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3A - Building Surveying under £50k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-5`
  - Supplier(s): **AHR Building Consultancy Ltd, Align Property Partners Ltd, Carter Jonas LLP (+3 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148002`, `GB-COH-10385861`, `GB-FTS-185162`, `GB-FTS-54755`, `GB-FTS-12565`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3B - Building Surveying over £25k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Align Property Partners Ltd, Day Cummins Ltd, Tetra Tech Ltd (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-10385861`, `GB-FTS-54755`, `GB-FTS-12565`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £3,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 4A - Growth and Infrastructure under £50k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-7`
  - Supplier(s): **AECOM Limited, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Pell Frischmann Consultants Ltd (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-01846493`, `GB-FTS-12562`, `GB-COH-1777946`, `GB-FTS-12565`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 4B - Growth and Infrastructure over £25k (active)
  - Award id: `015586-2022-DN575726-8`
  - Supplier(s): **AECOM Ltd, Jacobs U.K. Ltd, Mott MacDonald Ltd (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-01846493`, `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-FTS-12562`, `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £3,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (8)
- **Contract:** Professional Services Framework 4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,500,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 1B - Architecture over £25k (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,500,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 2A - Highways Civils under £50k (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,500,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 2B - Highways Civils over £25k (active)
  - Signed Value: £7,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 3A - Building Surveying under £50k (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 3B - Building Surveying over £25k (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,500,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 4A - Growth and Infrastructure under £50k (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 4B - Growth and Infrastructure over £25k (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,000,000
  - Signed Date: 20/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015586-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-07T09:10:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:27:21.248Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02efd3