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Published 3 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

External Assistance Industry Event Support for PFI

Official notice

Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66)Architecture & Engineering (71)IT Services & Software (72)
+2 moreBusiness Services & Consultancy (79)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90)
 Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Planned pipeline value£5,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yr 11 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

DIO will be carrying out an External Assistance engagement Event 23 April 13:00 using MS TEAMS. The event aims to provide industry with information about opportunities in the upcoming Defence Water Services Programme (DWSP), Aquatrine Expiry project, and wider DIO PFI portfolios. DIO will provide clarity regarding how DIO contracts for External Assistance (EA) are awarded, what types of EA may be required and how suppliers can get involved. Crown Commercial Services will give a talk on their framework and how competitions are undertaken within categories or “Lots”. Further topics to be included will be focused on the Terms and Conditions of DIO contracts including - Security, IPR and Conflict of Interest. A Question-and-Answer session will be available to the audience with the ability to provide feedback on the event. The aim of the event is to provide an upfront transparent view of the potential requirements in the DIO PFI portfolio and provide clarity on contracting terms and processes with a view to conducting informed and successful future competitions.

Slides presented and all Questions and Answers will be shared after the event with attendees and with those who registered an interest.

CPV: Building services consultancy services · Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction · Data collection and collation services · Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Evaluation consultancy services · Financial consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Insurance consultancy services · Legal advisory services · Procurement consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yr 11 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 May 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 11 mo)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
66171000 Financial consultancy services66519310 Insurance consultancy services71311300 Infrastructure works consultancy services71314300 Energy-efficiency consultancy services71315210 Building services consultancy services71800000 Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
3 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
Last source update
24 Jun 2025, 11:10 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034649
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Building services consultancy servicesConsulting services for water-supply and waste consultancyConsulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for constructionData collection and collation servicesEnergy-efficiency consultancy servicesEvaluation consultancy servicesFinancial consultancy servicesInfrastructure works consultancy servicesInsurance consultancy servicesLegal advisory services
+1 moreProcurement consultancy services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fcc8 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Apr 2025 → 24 Jun 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Event will be held on MS Teams on 23 April 13:00 and will last approximately 2 hours.

    Companies and Organisations who would like to attend this External Assistance Event are invited to register their interest by contacting DIO Comrcl-PFI Expiry Team DIOComrcl-PFIExpiryTeam@mod.gov.uk no later than Fri 18th April providing the following details -

    Name of Company/Organisation

    Point of Contact and contact details

    Mandate/purpose of Company/Organisation

    Reason for Interest

  4. Contract starts
    1 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 11:10 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 14:41 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Jun 2025, 11:10 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Please note this is an updated notice with the address of the Contracting Authority changed. The Industry Event the notice relates to has passed and no further details are being released at this time.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PPWG-8368-RJMG St George's House, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, West Midlands, WS149PYContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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