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Published 4 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T25-095CAP Principal Designer Services for PeacePlus Heritage Cemeteries Access Works

Official notice

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£5,000≈ £5k / year · £5,000 inc. VAT42.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 25 Jul 2025awarded 5 Aug 2025
Awarded to Watts Group Limited
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Sept 2026 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites quotations for the provision of professional Principal Designer services for minors works at six historic graveyards. The successful tenderer will be required to fulfil the requirements of the Principal Designer Services as described in the scopes of works such detail works and provide specification reviewing designs and supervise on-site workings to highlight issues and collaborate with the parties and proposes solutions, submitting monthly reports during the design and construction stages, these may also be required during the defect period and End of Defect. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrPublished value£5,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Sept 2026 (1 yr)Value: £5,000 exc. VAT · £5,000 inc. VAT

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
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: See Tender Docs for further detail.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST
Last source update
12 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
Authority reference
T25-095CAP
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037306
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0558ca Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Latest notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 09:52 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    12 Aug 2025, 16:14 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £7,1401 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Watts Group LimitedSME13 Aug 2025 – 1 Sept 2026£7,140 inc. VAT5 Aug 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders50—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Watts Group LimitedAwarded supplier 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 6JHContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender