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Open tender · Notice 104487-2026

Professional Services Framework

Lancashire County Council

Value
£5m
Closes
7 Dec 2026 (29 days)
Where
North West
Lots
11
Suitable for SMEs
Yes, says the buyer
Contract
1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2031

Framework: winning a place puts you on an approved list for future work. It's the entry ticket, not guaranteed work.

In plain English

Lancashire County Council wants a list of approved suppliers for professional advice on school building and maintenance projects across the North West, running from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2031. A place on the list is the entry ticket to future work, not guaranteed work: the Council says demand is uncertain and the spend is optional, with an estimated framework value of £5,000,000.

Good fit for: Architects, structural or drainage engineers, quantity and building surveyors, project managers, site supervisors, CDM principal designers and landscape architects serving school or public building projects.

The catch (with the notice's own words):
  • Prices must be re-submitted every year Suppliers will have to re- price every year in a competitive environment to keep prices sharp.
  • No guaranteed work; demand uncertain Demand is too uncertain for the Council to commit to a long- term service contract.

Written with AI from the official notice. Check the notice before relying on it.

What the buyer says

A Professional Services Framework to assist officers in their work of providing a capital works and building maintenance service to schools. The framework is intended to provide a contingent professional advice service should funding should be available from e.g. the Department for Education for school capital works. The framework is to provide a top up capacity to the work of officers and so is optional expenditure. Suppliers will have to re- price every year in a competitive environment to keep prices sharp. The option of not procuring this framework does not exist as there is insufficient officer resource to deliver the entire programme in- house. Demand is too uncertain for the Council to commit to a long- term service contract. The client team anticipates that the capital programme will have a value of £100 million per year. It is anticipated that the in-house team would provide professional support to 75% of the programme. This would mean that external providers would support work to the value of £25 million per year or £100 million over the 4- year life of the framework. Lot 1 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages £1,000,000 and under Lot 2 Architect led teams (full teams) to provide coordinated multidisciplinary design and contract administration for packages over £1,000,000. Lot 3 Structural Engineering, working with in-house team Lot 4 CDM principal Designer, working with in-house team Lot 5 Quantity Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 6 Site supervisor, working with in-house team Lot 7 Building Surveying, working with in-house team Lot 8 Project Management of capital works reporting to a Council officer. Lot 9 Architect working with in- house team Lot 10 Landscape Archit…

Read the official notice Tender documents

Getting the documents

lancashire.gov.uk (linked from the notice).

Procedure: Open procedure (Open: anyone can bid, in one stage). Published 4 Nov 2026.

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