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VLC Pupil Referral Unit Employer's Agent

Buyer: North Somerset Council →

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BuyerNorth Somerset Council
StatusClosed
Deadline20 Jul 2026
Value£550,000
Published24 Jun 2026

What is being bought

North Somerset Council is seeking consultancy services to act as Employer's Agent for the Design and Build of a new Voyage Learning Campus Pupil Referral Unit. The Employer’s Agent and Technical Team is required to support the Council with Contract Management, Technical advice on designs and specifications, Quantity Surveyor support and cost planning and management, planning application support and risk management. Please note the procurement route being used is a 2 stage Competitive Flexible Procedure. Stage 1 is Open and includes scored conditions of participation question/s which will be used to shortlist suppliers. The 3 highest scoring Assessed responses will be invited to tender in stage 2. Further details can be found in the tender pack.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services 71000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security 79000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£550,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Dec 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — More details in tender pack.
Quality — More details in tender pack.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 71. The category anchor is Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services (71000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 713,4643 median · 30.6 average (894 of 3,464 with a bid count)3.6 average (993 of 3,464 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer2Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7592 median · 82.6 average (182 of 759 with a bid count)6.1 average (222 of 759 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3465.5 median · 6.3 average (12 of 346 with a bid count)1.3 average (12 of 346 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a70b
Latest release ID059332-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jun 24 2026 10:42:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059332-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-07-20T13:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadline2026-07-13T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Submission method detailsTenders must be submitted electronically via the council's https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Portal. The Portal reference is DN817232. All tendering instructions are provided in the tender pack.
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£550,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Jun 2026tender059332-2026
28 May 2026planning050060-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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