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Published 5 Jun 2025, 13:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

West Midlands Pension Fund - 1 Rivergate Bristol - Sustainability Consultant

Official notice

Authority: West Midlands Pension Fund (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Published estimate£500,000≈ £146k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jul 2025
Contract term 3 yrs 5 moends 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensions · starts 28 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West 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. The Sustainability Consultant shall be expected to support the Authority with development of the design to achieve the environmental goals for the project.

  • No preliminary market engagement: To avoid competitive distortion.

CPV: Miscellaneous engineering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 3 yrs 5 moPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 28 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2028 (3 yrs 5 mo) · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensionsValue: £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Pending detailed programme requirements.

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
Quality: 44%Price: 40%Social value: 16%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Company History, Organisation, and Experience: 15%
  • Management Approach & Risk: 19%
  • Communication and management: 10%
  • Commercial: 40%
  • Social and Environmental: 16%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Company History, Organisation, and Experience: Please refer to the detailed ITT for all elements.
  • Management Approach & Risk: Please refer to the detailed ITT for all elements.
  • Communication and management: Please refer to the detailed ITT for all elements.
  • Social and Environmental: Please refer to the detailed ITT for all elements.
  • Commercial: Please refer to the detailed ITT for all elements.
What this means for your bid
  • 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
5 Jun 2025, 13:41 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 09:34 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 25 Jul 2025
Authority reference
WMPF005
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030248
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous engineering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05439c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
Submission deadline
7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please submit by use of the postbox function on www.mytenders.co.uk ↗

Timeline

5 Jun 2025 → 28 Jul 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 13:41 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Latest notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 09:34 BST
  4. Submission deadline
    7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by
    25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts
    28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    5 Jun 2025, 13:41 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 09:34 BST
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
    26 Jun 2025, 09:34 BST
    +7 days · was 30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1)

An extension to the deadline was published to allow responses to clarification questions.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Midlands Pension Fund

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPVW-9977-PZZP 19 Wolverhampton Interchange, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1LDContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsIncorporates the full tender brief including terms, scope, commercial response document and invitation to tender.

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
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