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# Soft Market Testing for Building Design Consultancy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-for-building-design-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bracknell Forest Council: "Soft Market Testing for Building Design Consultancy Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bracknell Forest Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bracknell-forest-council-ons-e06000036)
- **Published Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 November 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040b8e`

## 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/soft-market-testing-for-building-design-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-for-building-design-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8e#participate

## Description
The Council has been working with a Managing Partner, since 2013 to deliver the various construction programmes of work including Education & Corporate One-Off Capital Schemes, Annual Planned Maintenance Programmes and various survey programmes, the contract is due to expire at the end of June 2025
The Council is currently looking at options to procure a single organisation (not a consortium of organisations) to support the delivering of planned and capital construction project from inception to completion and to include an advice, design, project and programme management service for new builds, extensions and refurbishments of existing buildings from contract ranging from £200k to £10million.
The Councils’ Capital Programme: Spend per annum typically comprises of:
• £3m on school extensions and remodelling to School buildings.
• Up to £4m new works and refurbishments on other Council buildings.
• £1m planned maintenance on school buildings
• £1m planned maintenance on other Council buildings.
The current contract will expire on 30th June 2025 to allow for completion of the key construction projects. The current Managing Partner also handled all retention/defects liability issues in respect of projects started/completed during their tenure.
Succession Planning: The Consultant will begin working with the Council from April 2025, including:
• Familiarising themselves with the Councils’ Estate and key personnel
• Begin working up new projects required for delivery in the 2025/2026 financial year
• Working up to full handover from the current Managing Partner on 30th June 2025

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033584-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-14T11:17:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T05:44:08.060Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040b8e