Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Independent Commissioning and Validation Services
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 descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Mechanical engineering services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
7 yrs 6 mo from 1 Dec 2017, Due to the nature of the contract being from commissioning to supporting the buyer through to licencing, the duration allows for regulatory and performance adjustments and final validation and licencing support. The contract will continue until the services are completed.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Open OJEU Procurement exercise to deliver the Independent Commissioning and Validation…
Open OJEU Procurement exercise to deliver the Independent Commissioning and Validation Services to PHE for the new Harlow site
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).
- “Provision of Independent Commissioning and Validation Services” 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
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051352- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058df9Find a Tender
Publisher note: Original FTS award notice details are not available as notice originally published on TED, which can be found via this link: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/464260-2017<br/>Award Notice Link <br/>Contract Finder award notification can be found via this link : https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/efeae52d-e158-4ce0-bb43-4529818813b8?origin=SearchResults&p=1
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
1 Dec 2017 → 26 Aug 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts1 Dec 2017
- Notice published26 Aug 2025, 16:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 051352-2025-C51441-1
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2017
- Value
- £1,540,000
- Period
- 1 Dec 2017 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Additional works during stand down requiring an increase in Contract value from £1,100,000 to 1,540,000 And time only extension to allow for completion from 5/25 to a new end date of 03/26, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Work required to be undertaken by Merrick to bring the programme to the end of RIBA Stage 4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- MERRICK and COMPANY UK LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.