Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4681 Construction Partner for Science and Technology Facilities Council
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
The UKRI-STFC Science Estate are beginning a long-term Estate transformation and a decarbonisation programme, not only planning for new buildings and infrastructure but to address backlog maintenance, replace end-of-life estate and to decarbonise. A long-term partnership agreement of 8 years has been identified as the optimum approach to securing both a Construction Partner and Programme Partner in delivering this important programme. Given the full potential scope of the UKRI-STFC Estates transformation programme, the propose maximum value for the Construction Partner is £800million excl. It is to be noted that this is the maximum spend and is not fully guaranteed.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UKRI-STFC Science Estate are beginning a long-term Estate transformation and a decarbonisation programme, not only planning for new buildings and infrastructure but to address backlog maintenance, replace end-of-life estate and to decarbonise. A long-term partnership agreement of 8 years has been identified as the optimum approach to securing both a Construction Partner and Programme Partner in delivering this important programme.
UKRI –STFC are instructing two separate procurements, for each partner, with the requirement for the partners appointed to work collaboratively with STFC Estate leaders and wider stakeholders to realise the programme. Given the full potential scope of the UKRI-STFC Estates transformation programme, the propose maximum value for the Construction Partner is £800million excl. VAT. It is to be noted that this is the maximum spend and is not fully guaranteed.
This procurement will appoint a national, strategic, long-term construction partner to deliver the capital works required
- How the procedure runs: UKRI will be procuring for a Construction Partner under the Procurement Regulations 2024 as a competitive flexible procedure. The proposed approach will follow these stages: Stage One – Pre-Qualification Questionnaire. This stage will reduce the initial expressions of interest down to a maximum of Five Suppliers who will be invited to bid for the second stage Stage Two – Tender Process. During this stage UKRI will incorporate two Dialogue Phases. The first of which takes place within two weeks of the tender being issued to the shortlisted suppliers. Post tender submission, there will be a second dialogue phase with the suppliers. Stage Three – Assessment Centre. Following evaluation of the ITT, the two highest-scoring suppliers who meet or exceed the required quality threshold will be invited to participate in stage 3, a Competency Assessment Centre (Location, Date and Times are to be confirmed nearer the time)
CPV: Building construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£800,000,000
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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).
Published award criteria (1)
- Quality: PQQ Stage therefore quality weighting 100%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Oct 2025, 16:13 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Oct 2025, 16:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064334- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ad1fFind a Tender
- How it runs
UKRI will be procuring for a Construction Partner under the Procurement Regulations 2024 as a competitive flexible procedure.
The proposed approach will follow these stages:
Stage One – Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
This stage will reduce the initial expressions of interest down to a maximum of Five Suppliers who will be invited to bid for the second stage
Stage Two – Tender Process.
During this stage UKRI will incorporate two Dialogue Phases. The first of which takes place within two weeks of the tender being issued to the shortlisted suppliers.
Post tender submission, there will be a second dialogue phase with the suppliers.
Stage Three – Assessment Centre.
Following evaluation of the ITT, the two highest-scoring suppliers who meet or exceed the required quality threshold will be invited to participate in stage 3, a Competency Assessment Centre (Location, Date and Times are to be confirmed nearer the time)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
10 Oct 2025 → 10 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published387 days ago10 Oct 2025, 16:13 BST
- Clarification questions by352 days ago14 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline352 days ago14 Nov 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by331 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts115 days ago10 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Oct 2025, 16:13 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender