Official UK procurement notice
Linen Hall Cluster - Architectural Design Services
Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Crown Estate will shortly commence a competitive, flexible procurement process for the provision of design services for the Linen Hall Cluster, located in London's West End. The scope of this provision will include Architectural, Lead Designer & Coordinator, Building Regulations Principal Designer, CDM Principal Designer & BIM Coordinator services.
The Linen Hall Cluster is comprised of the following buildings:
- The Linen Hall, 156-170 (even) Regent Street, 1-13 (odd) Beak Street and 62-70 (even) Kingly Street, London ('Linen Hall')
- 172-182 Regent Street, 184-186 Regent Street and 60-61 Kingly Street, London ('60 Kingly Street')
- 25-34 (all) Warwick Street and 132-150 Regent Street, London ('30 Warwick Street')
The procurement process will be conducted across two competitive stages. Participation will be subject to suppliers meeting the bidder conditions. These conditions of participation set the legal, financial, and technical thresholds necessary to deliver the contract. Further instructions on how to access the conditions and submit a request to participate can be found further in this notice.
Through a competitive, flexible procedure The Crown Estate will test and inform the award strategy in collaboration with bidders, retaining the option to appoint services per building or by organising the buildings into defined groupings with consideration to RIBA stages. This flexible approach will be subject to set criteria, introducing creativity and innovation at bid stage in order to identify the optimum delivery approach.
Under the scope of appointment, a notice to proceed will be instructed prior to commencing each RIBA stage. The envisaged services are:
- Architectural Designer (RIBA 0-7)
- Lead Designer and coordinator (RIBA 0-7)
- Building Regulations Principal Designer (0-6)
- CDM Principal Designer (RIBA 0-6)
- BIM Coordinator (RIBA 0-7)
The Client acknowledges that some services may be subject to sub-contract arrangements and/or delivery by associated persons which is permitted. Joint tenders may also be submitted via multiple suppliers as part of a consortia, joint venture, or partnership.
The Client may introduce further, provisional services through the course of the procurement process, subject to capability and capacity and in compliance with the procurement rules and procedures.
- How the procedure runs: Participation Stage Commencing upon publication of this UK4 tender notice this stage invites supplier requests to participate subject to the conditions of participation. The window for supplier requests will close at midday on Monday 2nd March and details of how to submit a request are provided further in this notice. To help inform interest, the Client will host an introductory webinar on 12 February for potential bidders to learn more about the Project and the procurement procedure. Competitive Stage 1 Bidders meeting the conditions of participation will be invited to submit a quality based proposal in response to the project brief and pre-qualification criteria. Subject to evaluation, a specified number of highest scoring bidders will be shortlisted to proceed in stage 2 of the competitive process. Anticipated to commence - March 2026 Competitive Stage 2 Shortlisted bidders will be invited to submit full quality and cost proposals in response to the delivery criteria and creative brief. Bids will be assessed on a Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) basis and in accordance with the award methodology. Anticipated to commence - April 2026
CPV: Design consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£10,000,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Suppliers that wish to participate must confirm their ability to meet the Conditions of Participation.
These conditions and further guidance on how to submit your request to participate can be accessed through the client e-portal via this link:
secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b… ↗
The window for requests to participate will close on 27th February at 5pm and we are unable to accept any requests made after this window has closed.
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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 morei
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 (1)
- Quality / Technical: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality / Technical: Competitive Stage 1 Assessment against mandatory requirements and technical project pre-qualification criteria Please note, this will be followed by a further competitive stage which will be assessed against technical and commercial criteria
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Suppliers that wish to participate must confirm their ability to meet the Conditions of Participation.
These conditions and further guidance on how to submit your request to participate can be accessed through the client e-portal via this link:
secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b… ↗
The window for requests to participate will close on 27th February at 5pm and we are unable to accept any requests made after this window has closed.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2026, 13:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2026, 13:49 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010492- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0648f6Find a Tender
- How it runs
Participation Stage
Commencing upon publication of this UK4 tender notice this stage invites supplier requests to participate subject to the conditions of participation. The window for supplier requests will close at midday on Monday 2nd March and details of how to submit a request are provided further in this notice.
To help inform interest, the Client will host an introductory webinar on 12 February for potential bidders to learn more about the Project and the procurement procedure.
Competitive Stage 1
Bidders meeting the conditions of participation will be invited to submit a quality based proposal in response to the project brief and pre-qualification criteria. Subject to evaluation, a specified number of highest scoring bidders will be shortlisted to proceed in stage 2 of the competitive process.
Anticipated to commence - March 2026
Competitive Stage 2
Shortlisted bidders will be invited to submit full quality and cost proposals in response to the delivery criteria and creative brief. Bids will be assessed on a Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) basis and in accordance with the award methodology.
Anticipated to commence - April 2026
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Feb 2026 → 6 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published264 days ago5 Feb 2026, 13:49 GMT
- Submission deadline239 days ago2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by124 days ago25 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts114 days ago6 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Feb 2026, 13:49 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Subject to meeting the conditions of participation, bidders will receive an invitation to join the competitive stage on the clients e-portal within the SourceDogg platform, allowing them to access the tender information and raise and respond to clarifications throughout the procurement process.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender