Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 3 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

MRC Installation and Minor Works Framework

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Framework agreementWorksMax 2 lots per supplier
Planned pipeline value£85,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 May 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to inform the market of a potential opportunity to participate in the Installations and Minor Works framework for the Medical Research Council (MRC) campuses on London, Oxford, and Cambridge. The MRC intends to engage with potential contractors through a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event and subsequent PME activities. The publication of this early engagement opportunity is a voluntary publication and does not represent a commitment by the MRC to initiate, run, or complete a full procurement competition in relation to a contract for the works described. The MRC supports world-leading medical research efforts across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, and in all major disease areas. The MRC has embarked on a transformational journey of its estates with the aim of establishing world-leading scientific research centres, and achieve a carbon-neutral status by 2040. To do this successfully, MRC requires an Installations and Minor Works framework that can support a range of projects at the facilities listed below -

  • MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London
  • MRC Harwell site, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, and
  • MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge The following Installations and Minor Works projects are expected to be part of the framework requirements:
  • Design/Installation/Replacement of scientific equipment and associated works: e.g. individually vented caging systems, autoclaves, and reverse osmosis systems
  • Demolition Works
  • Building Enclosure Works: e.g. roof repairs
  • Building Interiors: e.g. building fabric upgrade works
  • Building Services Works: e.g. CCTV, air conditioning units, chillers, lighting, and building management systems works
  • Decarbonisation Works: e.g. photovoltaic panels, solar canopies, boiler replacements

CPV: Advisory architectural services · Architectural and building-surveying services · Architectural and related services · Architectural services for outdoor areas · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Boiler installations · Building construction work · Building services · Construction consultancy services · Construction work · Construction-related services · Construction-site supervision services · +19 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published · win at most 2 of them
Lot #1MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences London, MRC Harwell site, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), CambridgePlanned

The MRC intends to issue virtual briefing material week commencing 17 February 2025, with contractors interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract. If you are interested in accessing the briefing material, please register on the e-sourcing portal ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/VD8RKDWS2J ↗. Further details will then be provided to you via the messaging function. In the event of any change to the availability of the virtual briefing material, registered suppliers will be notified via the -e-sourcing messaging function. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years. The date in II.2.14 is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the eSourcing system for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement. It is intended that the procurement will be conducted under the Open Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23). Further details about the procurement will be shared at the virtual market briefing session. UKRI intends that the next notice to be published in respect of this procurement will be a tender notice (indicative May 2025). Additional information: The virtual briefing as notified by this PIN will be relied on as Pre Market Engagement under under S16(1) of Procurement Act 2023. UKRI is seeking to inform the MRC Installations and Minor Works Framework procurement. This PIN is not a call for competition. UKRI is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party in replying to the PIN or attending any event advertised in the PIN

Delivery: East of England, London, South East · LONDON,Cambridgeshire CC,Oxfordshire

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
Lot distribution rule: We are currently considering 3 lots, with 1 lot for each of the 3 MRC campuses listed above. The lotting strategy is expected to be finalised after the completion of the market engagement exercise.
What this means for your bid
  • “MRC Installation and Minor Works Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
3 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update
3 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT
Authority reference
UKR-4498
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003417
Classification (CPV)
Advisory architectural servicesArchitectural and building-surveying servicesArchitectural and related servicesArchitectural services for outdoor areasArchitectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesBoiler installationsBuilding construction workBuilding servicesConstruction consultancy servicesConstruction work
+21 moreConstruction-related servicesConstruction-site supervision services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)London (UKI)South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dae7 Find a Tender

Publisher note: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindon:-Construction-work./VD8RKDWS2J To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/respond/VD8RKDWS2J GO Reference: GO-202523-PRO-29293809

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

3 Feb 2025 → 5 May 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    3 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    5 May 2025, 00:00 BST

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

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch Medical Research Council, Polaris House, Swindon, UK, SN2 1FLContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.