Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4680 Programme Management Partner
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSTFC is seeking to establish a construction-related professional partnership to support its proposed estate transformation programme. STFC is a world-leading research and innovation organisation, with a unique role within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). This will be a national contract covering Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and The Cosener's House, Oxfordshire, Chilbolton Observatory, Stockbridge, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and Boulby Underground Laboratory, Cleveland.
STFC is seeking to establish a construction-related professional partnership to support its proposed estate transformation programme. This will be a national contract covering Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and The Cosener's House, Oxfordshire, Chilbolton Observatory, Stockbridge, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and Boulby Underground Laboratory, Cleveland. STFC have identified an investment programme to address backlog maintenance, future growth and decarbonisation of its buildings and infrastructure. The programme is national, valued at approximately £120m per year and is expected to span around 15 years. STFC is seeking to engage a single partner to lead the programme, which will consist of multiple national projects running concurrently. The partner will be expected to provide programme, project, cost, and carbon management expertise while working collaboratively with STFC’s internal estates leadership and teams.
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CPV: Construction management services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot UKRI-4680Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 2 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 2 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018785- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c4aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 May 2025 → 10 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Planning notice published2 May 2025, 14:05 BST
- Contract starts232 days ago10 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 May 2025, 14:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender