Official UK procurement notice
Palaeontology Roof Project: Principal Contractor
Authority: Natural History Museum (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Museum is running a competition for the provision of Principal Contractor Services for the Palaeontology Building Roofing Project to complete restoration works to the Palaeontology Building roof. The restoration works will be completed in phases, the first of which must be completed by March 2026.
An NDA will be required to access the tender documentation. This will be made available via the Selection Questionnaire stage and must be completed and returned to the Museum for counter signature. Once this has been completed, tenderers will be granted access to the tender documents.
To access the NDA, please use the following link: www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9N562Z74BF ↗
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CPV: Bituminous roof-covering work · Roof insulation work · Roof maintenance work · Roof repair · Roof repair and maintenance work · Roof works and other special trade construction works · Roof-covering and roof-painting work · Roof-covering work · Waterproofing work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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)
- Relevant Experience, Relevant M&E Experience, Methodology, Site Logistics, Staff, Subcontractors: 60%
- Cost submitted for Phase 2 refurbishment and Future Phases refurbishment: 30%
- Social Values: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Relevant Experience, Relevant M&E Experience, Methodology, Site Logistics, Staff, Subcontractors
- Social Values
- Cost submitted for Phase 2 refurbishment and Future Phases refurbishment
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 26 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037975- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0553e6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
26 Jun 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 6 dates- Planning notice published26 Jun 2025, 10:05 BST
- Next notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Clarification questions by23 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Jun 2025, 10:05 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Procurement method changed7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST7 Jul 2025, 16:05 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender