Official UK procurement notice
Mechanical and Electrical Design Consultancy Services
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLancashire County Council is seeking tenders for the provision of Mechanical and Electrical Design Consultancy Services.
This framework is to engage up to six (6) Mechanical and Electrical Consultants for the design and delivery of Mechanical and or Electrical Building Services projects (Acting as Lead Consultant), or to be part of a design team on a multi-disciplinary project as part of a design team (Consultant).
The projects the Mechanical and Electrical Consultant will be engaged in will predominantly be direct engineering projects, which consist of boiler/ASHP replacements installations and heating replacements for the condition led services over summer periods or rewires, fire alarm and emergency lighting (details of actual M or E scope of services, as detailed in the mini comp tender package) starting in the summer holiday periods. Here they will be the Lead Consultant, designing the scheme and project managing on site.
The Mechanical and Electrical Consultant may also be engaged in larger projects where they are brought in to form part of a multidisciplinary team.
All consultants listed on the Framework will be invited to bid, via a mini competition, for future consultancy projects.
CPV: Engineering design services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 13 bids received (2.2 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
Published description of the framework
All consultants listed on the Framework will be invited to bid, via a mini competition, for future consultancy projects.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
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 (3)
- Quality & Technical: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Social Value
- Quality & Technical
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Mechanical and Electrical Design Consultancy Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 May 2025, 11:58 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Apr 2026, 11:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
LCC46792- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000449- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0526e0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenderers are required to submit their Tender through this portal, via the Sourcing module within their account:
Timeline
27 May 2025 → 27 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published27 May 2025, 11:58 BST
- Next notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published294 days ago5 Jan 2026, 16:26 GMT
- Clarification questions by269 days ago30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends262 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by238 days ago2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent208 days ago2 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published193 days ago16 Apr 2026, 11:34 BST
- Standstill ends182 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025- Pipeline notice published27 May 2025, 11:58 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published5 Jan 2026, 16:26 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £2,000,0005 Jan 2026, 16:26 GMTwas £2,500,000
- Status changed to active5 Jan 2026, 16:26 GMT
- Deadline published: 6 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT5 Jan 2026, 16:26 GMT
- Contract award notice published16 Apr 2026, 11:34 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Apr 2026, 11:34 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECS Consultants LtdSME, Harley Haddow LimitedSME, Hill Lawrence Ltd, MANTIS ENERGY LTD, PETTIT SINGLETON ASSOCIATES LTDSME, Walmsley Associates LtdSME1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2030 | £2,000,000 | 2 Apr 2026standstill to 27 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13final-stage tenders | 12 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- ECS Consultants LtdFramework contractor
- HARLEY HADDOW LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Hill Lawrence LtdFramework contractor
- MANTIS ENERGY LTDFramework contractor
- PETTIT SINGLETON ASSOCIATES LTDFramework contractor
- Walmsley Associates LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender