Official UK procurement notice
Porton Industrial Automated Control System Works
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for the provision of Porton Industrial Automated Control System Works. UKHSA have a regulatory requirement to improve the Industrial Automated Control Systems (IACS) at our Porton site. This requirement will deliver a critical infrastructure upgrade to enhance the security, resilience, and operational independence of IACS supporting high containment laboratories. The key deliverables of this include:
- Construction of two dedicated data centres to house IACS infrastructure;
- Installation of core network infrastructure, including:
o High-capacity fibre optic links between server rooms;
o Copper cabling to connect IACS equipment to specific high containment labs
- Preparation of readiness for the migration of primary IACS systems; and
- Futureproofing to enable seamless expansion to further labs in later phases.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Electrical installation work · Industrial process control equipment · Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment · Installation services (except software)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,950,000
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Any Contract awarded as a result of this procurement will be awarded on the basis of the offer that is the most advantageous tender to the Buyer. The Award Criteria (Award Criteria) are: • 75% Quality (including 10% social value) • 25% Price
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
- 7 Nov 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Authority reference
C429379- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069201- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dce4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
7 Nov 2025 → 26 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published354 days ago7 Nov 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Market engagement340 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are looking to conduct preliminary market engagement in advance of a future procurement exercise to appoint a contractor to carry out the necessary building infrastructure and installation works for a segregated network and data centre project at our Porton site.
If this requirement is within your companies capabilities and is of interest, please complete the questionnaire that can be found at the below link:
forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗
Questionnaires should be complete by 1200 noon on 21st November 2025.
- Next notice expected154 days ago26 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published97 days ago22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Clarification questions by60 days ago28 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago9 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts2 days ago26 Oct 2026
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Nov 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Nov 2025, 14:17 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Nov 2025, 14:20 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Nov 2025, 16:41 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 19:16 BSTUK1
- Status changed to planned22 May 2026, 19:16 BST
- Tender notice published22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,950,00022 Jul 2026, 14:09 BSTwas £2,344,167
- Status changed to active22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Procurement method changed22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST22 Jul 2026, 14:09 BST
Published amendments (2)
Above or below threshold changed to below threshold, as below the threshold for works.
Link to form updated
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-11: 2 releases · 7 Nov 2025, 7 Nov 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender