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Published 5 Dec 2025, 15:43 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HDC Programme Principal Designer Consultancy

Official notice

Authority: Harlow Council (Local council)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£7,500,000≈ £3.8m / year
Submissions closed 12 Jan 2026
Contract term 2 yrsends 9 Feb 2028 · starts 10 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Harlow District HDC (HDC) is seeking to procure Construction Consultancy Services - Principal Designer. This service forms part of HDC's commitment to transform Harlow's housing, invest in housing stock and to meet Landlord obligations.The key deliverables under this contract are:

  • Delivery of Principal Designer services across all relevant projects.
  • Provision of services that are safe, compliant, and accessible to all residents.
  • Consistent achievement of the outputs set out in Section 3 (Scope of Requirement).
  • Transparent reporting to HDC on performance, compliance, and risks. It is assumed that the core services will be required to RIBA 2 - 6 stages, however the exact need will be required a defined in the Building Safety Act 2022.

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering services · Hazard protection and control consultancy services · Health and safety consultancy services · Health and safety services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Harlow District HDC (HDC) is seeking to procure Construction Consultancy Services –… 2 yrsPublished value£7,500,000

Harlow District HDC (HDC) is seeking to procure Construction Consultancy Services – Principal Designer. This service forms part of HDC’s commitment to transform Harlow's housing, invest in housing stock and to meet Landlord obligations.The key deliverables under this contract are:

  • Delivery of Principal Designer services across all relevant projects.
  • Provision of services that are safe, compliant, and accessible to all residents.
  • Consistent achievement of the outputs set out in Section 3 (Scope of Requirement).
  • Transparent reporting to HDC on performance, compliance, and risks. It is assumed that the core services will be required to RIBA 2 – 6 stages, however the exact need will be required a defined in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Contract period: 10 Feb 2026 – 9 Feb 2028 (2 yrs)
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Dec 2025, 15:43 GMT
Last source update
8 Jul 2026, 12:43 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064175
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesEngineering servicesHazard protection and control consultancy servicesHealth and safety consultancy servicesHealth and safety services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: London Construction Programme
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
12 Jan 2026
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jan 2026 → 8 Jul 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline288 days ago
    12 Jan 2026
  2. Contract starts259 days ago
    10 Feb 2026
  3. Notice published110 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 12:43 BST

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

NUTS code changed to UKH3

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Harlow Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Various CM17, CM18, CM19 and CM20., London, London, CM17Contact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.