Official UK procurement notice
West Midlands Pension Fund - 1 Rivergate Bristol - Structural and Civil Engineering Services
Authority: West Midlands Pension Fund (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Midlands Pension Fund (the Authority) is one of the UK’s largest pension funds, originally formed by West Midlands County Council and now working in partnership with seven metropolitan district councils and over 800 employers providing public services across the West Midlands region. City of Wolverhampton Council is the Administering Authority for the Fund under the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013, and have delegated the responsibility for the management of the Fund to the Pensions Committee and the Director of Pensions, and established a Local Pensions Board to assist in governance of the Fund.
The fund is focused on delivering value to customers, developing services to enable pension members to plan for their retirement and supporting employers in delivering cost-effective benefits to their employees. They seek to invest responsible to generate long-term defined benefits and drive positive change including in aspects of social, environmental and governance to create long-term sustainability to the Funds people, and to the planet.
This opportunity is to support the Authority in the development of a real estate opportunity at 1 Rivergate in Bristol acting as Structural and Civil Engineers. This role shall be expected to support the Authority with development of the design requirements, input on risks, cost, programme and collaborate with the appointed design team, and other requirements as defined in the scope of services.
- No preliminary market engagement: Requirements are defined and industry standard.
CPV: Structural engineering consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,000,000
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Company History, Organisation, and Experience: 15%
- Management/Design Approach & Risk: 21%
- Communication and management: 10%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social and Environmental: 14%
Published award criteria (5)
- Company History, Organisation, and Experience
- Management/Design Approach & Risk
- Communication and management
- Social and Environmental
- Commercial
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2025, 15:40 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2025, 15:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
WMPF007- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038322- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055b55Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please submit by use of the postbox function in response to this notice on www.mytenders.co.uk ↗
Timeline
8 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published8 Jul 2025, 15:40 BST
- Clarification questions by25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by19 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Jul 2025, 15:40 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documentation for the structural design services opportunity at 1 Rivergate.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender